Mumbai, Feb 8 (PTI): A day after Union Minister Sharad Pawar met Bal Thackeray requesting him to withdraw Shiv Sena threat against Australian cricketers� participation in IPL, the party today said it would take a final call on the issue in two-three days.
�Thackeray would take a final call on the issue of Australian players in two-three days,� Sena mouthpiece Saamana said today.
Pawar had met Thackeray at the Sena chief�s �Matoshree� residence in Bandra last night. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Shashank Manohar and Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray were also present at the two-hour meeting.
�For me, the country is more important than the game,� Saamana quoted Thackeray as telling Pawar. �I will never tolerate India�s insult,� the Sena supremo said.
�We told Balasaheb that the Australian team will not participate in the IPL, but each IPL team will have one or two Australians,� Manohar had said last night after the meeting.
�He asked us to give a presentation on how many Australian players will play in the IPL. We will make the presentation in a day or two,� Manohar had said.
�Thackeray and he (Uddhav) gave us a considerate hearing. We tried to convince him that only one or two Australian players will participate in the IPL matches and by not allowing all IPL matches it�s the state players (Marathi players) who will lose ultimately,� he had told reporters.
