Contrary to popular perception, the Indian Cricket League might end up as a positive development for the game, Australia's swashbuckling stumper-batsman Adam Gilchrist said.
Gilchrist did not see anything bad in the rebel league, which is locked in a tussle with the Board of Control for Cricket in India and also does not have the recognition from the International Cricket Council.
"I don't see it as a particularly bad news story. Competition in the market place is always healthy," Gilchrist was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph in Melbourne on Tuesday.
"And if that helps establish a better bond between players and the respective boards in the other countries it's great," he said.
Though ICL has roped in foreign players including Brian Lara, Inzamam-Ul Haq and Mohammad Yousuf, apart from 44 Indian first-class player for the Twenty20 league, Gilchrist does not see any of his teammates making a beeline for fast buck.
"I can't comment on the other countries, it may be a very different landscape there, but we are very, very well supported by Cricket Australia. There's no doubt about that.
"Primarily they [ICL] seem to be targeting retired players so I don't know of any poaching attempts of current Australian contracted players. So I don't think it is getting to ugly, indecent levels," he said.
"It's a delicate scenario. It's making the ICC and the member countries and administrators realise how valuable this product is and how valuable the players are and they are very aware of that.
"And they are doing all they can to make sure they move with the times and be at the forefront of that market."
