England batsman Ravi Bopara, has said that he has not yet decided on whether he can play in the IPL or whether he will give the tournament a miss due to the security reasons. Bopara plays for the Kings I Punjab and has had a fruitful season of 2009 with them. 
However, Lalit Modi, the chief commissioner of the tournament, has said that he had a talk with Bopara and that the batsman will play in the tournament after all. 
Bopara said that he had been in touch with his franchise and was looking to play in the tournament. However, he also added that despite cricket being his life, it was not something worth dying for! This meant that he would be monitoring the situation closely for the next few days before taking a decision about travelling or no.
Earlier, there had been a report from Reg Dicksaon, commissioned by the cricketers from Australia, South Africa and England, which had said that the players would be unsafe from the security threat by some of the terrorists.
Later, the Australian cricketers association retracted the statement by saying that the security threat was not really creditable, but a lot was needed on the security front to be able to overcome the issue.