Australia will spend a month in India for a Test series following the Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
“I’m a Western Australia boy through and through, born and bred, so if I’m playing a competition I’d probably prefer to play for Western Australia,” Hussey said in the Sydney Morning Herald.
“But if the rules state that I’m playing for Chennai, then I’m very happy to play for them as well,” he added.
Hussey originally thought that he would be free to represent Western Australia, but Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, said the Indian franchises would get the first pick on players.
“To hear something different seems a bit strange to me,” Hussey said, “but obviously if that's the rules, that's the rules.”
IPL teams get first priority over a player, which creates a potential tug-of-war between the Super Kings and Western Australia, with both teams having Hussey on their books and both having qualified for the Champions League. (ANI)
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