As per the list of 101 players to be auctioned on Feb 3, 2013, no Pakistani player will feature in the sixth edition of PepsiCo IPL 2013.

Since 2008 Mumbai Terror attack, IPL has always snubbed Pakistani cricketers but this time due to the resumption of talks and India Pak ODI series, it was expected that Pakistani players will be available for auction. But as the list is out, the franchises and even the BCCI wants to play it safe and thus have excluded all Pakistani players.

Recent tensions on border and continuous verbal attack by Shiv Sena and other political parties which are against the inclusion of Pakistan in IPL has nothing to do with this decision as the decision of not including the Pakistani players was taken before the border incident. This was stated by a BCCI official who choose his name should not be disclosed.