India, March 13 -- Abrar Ahmed's addition to the Indian-owned Sunrisers Leeds franchise has been the key talking point from the Men's Hundred auction in the UK. The Pakistani spinner joins the franchise after whisperings of the four Indian-owned franchises in the Hundred placing a 'shadow ban' on players from Pakistan following the worsening of tensions in the last year.

However, the decision to add Abrar for £190,000 to the Sunrisers franchise has seen massive criticism pile on the team, which looks over the Hyderabad team in the IPL and the Eastern Cape in the SA20.

Certain Indian fans did not want Pakistan players to represent the teams which have a presence in the IPL - in the Hundred, these are MI London, Southern Brave (owned...