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Ravi rejects IPL offer

BBC ONLINE , undated
England all rounder Ravi Bopara yesterday said he has rejected a lucrative offer to play In the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Essex player says he was offered a six-figure deal by an unnamed side.
"When figures like these are put in front of you it is tempting, but my goal is to play regularly for England," said ihe23-ycar-old.
“I am confident that if I continue to score runs and take wickets for Essex I will hopefully play for England this summer and for many years to come."
Bopara, who has scored 341 runs in three County Championship innings and also tops his team's bowling averages, added that he might get his financial rewards down the line if he achieves his goals.
"If I do this, and with the current talk of new competitions and one-off matches to sit alongside the IPL, then I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy the financial benefits in years to come," he said.
Bopara made his Test debut in
Sri Lanka during the winter before being discarded for the New Zealand leg of the tour after three Tests.
He is already seen as a key part of the one day set-up and his decision to snub the IPL is sure to go down well with Die England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
Hampshire skipper Dimitri Mascarenhas is currently England's only representative in the big-money Twenty20 competition, but established stars like Kevin Pietersen and Ryan Sidcboltom have declared their interest in participating in the future.
Bopara is not centrally con-
tracted to the ECB and would be free to pursue a contract with one of the eight IPL. franchises if an agreement was reached with his county.
Meanwhile, Australian legend Shane Warne, who captains and coaches IPL side Rajasthan Royals, has again criticised the ECB from preventing centrally-contracted players from featuring in the IPL
"It's a bit short-sighted to not let the players play," said the 38-ycar-old leg-spinncr.
"If the Poms don't want to play, well, so be it. Il's still a good spectacle without them. But it would be better with them.
"Hopefully everyone gels their head out the sand and they allow their individuals to play and look at the bigger picture."
Warne added that if the ECB relaxed their stance, then IPL sides would be queuing up to recruit the best English talent.
"Andrew Flintoff is the one that everybody will be after," he said.
'He can bat and bowl, and in this competition I think it's very important to have those guys that can bat and bowl.
"Kevin Pietersen is obviously a wonderful player, so he would be handy in any side, but if we were chasing someone I think Andrew Flintoff would probably be one of the major people we'd be chasing."