Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan has said he hopes another IPL franchise will sign him now that the Indian cricket board (BCCI) has terminated Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
Murali, who retired from all forms of international cricket after the 2011 World Cup, was bought by Kochi in the January 2011 auction after he played the first three IPL seasons for Chennai Super Kings.
"I am hopeful that if they [Kochi] are not playing, some other franchise will take me as I am fit and playing this format continuously," Murali told PTI in Colombo, reports ESPNcricinfo.
"I want to play two more years in IPL."
The BCCI announced that Kochi were terminated because they had failed to submit a new bank guarantee for 2011, which the board said was an 'irremediable breach' of their contract.
The players contracted to Kochi have a three-way contract, which includes the BCCI as a party, and N Srinivasan, the new board president, said an arrangement would be made that is viable for the players.
Muralitharan said he expected the board to make adequate arrangements for the players.
"If the BCCI has decided something, then we can't do anything," Muralitharan said.
"But I hope they will arrange something for the 20 contracted players of the franchise. It's a three-party agreement and we have our contract with the BCCI too."
While playing for Chennai, Muralitharan took 52 wickets in 46 games across the IPL and Champions League Twenty20. However, he played only five of Kochi's 14 games in the 2011 IPL.
"I think Kochi did not need my services much," Muralitharan said.
"My experience with Chennai Super Kings was far better. Kochi did not play me much."
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