The Indian Premier League (IPL) has modified its guidelines to permit temporary overseas replacements for the the rest of the 2025 version, set to be performed from May 17 to June 3. The change has been necessitated attributable to the event’s week-long suspension after cross-border tensions between India and Pakistan.
“Given the non-availability of certain foreign players due to national commitments or personal reasons or any injury or illness, temporary replacement players will be allowed until the conclusion of this tournament,” acknowledged a communication shared by the IPL authorities with all the franchises forward of the event’s resumption.
“This decision is subject to the condition that the temporary replacement players taken from this point forward will not be eligible for retention in the following year. Temporary replacement players will have to register for the IPL Player Auction 2026.”
It implies that Bangladesh seamer Mustafizur Rahman – who was formally introduced as a alternative for Jake Frazer-McGurk for Delhi Capitals on Tuesday – won’t be eligible to be retained for the subsequent season, however Frazer-McGurk will probably be.
According to the rulebook distributed forward of the season, no group was allowed to signal a temporary participant as soon as it began its twelfth league match. But attributable to the unprecedented state of affairs of a sudden, week-long suspension of the event, the IPL authorities have amended the guidelines.
Ever since the IPL was suspended on May 9, a day after the Punjab Kings’ dwelling sport towards Delhi Capitals in Dharamshala needed to be referred to as off and the stadium evacuated in consequence, a majority of the overseas gamers have returned dwelling.
While a majority are coming again, a few of the gamers who will probably be in motion in the World Test Championship ultimate won’t return together with these whose households are averse to them returning to India. To guarantee no group is severely impacted attributable to the absence of overseas gamers, the IPL authorities have prolonged the temporary alternative window for the enterprise finish of the event.
Published – May 14, 2025 06:41 pm IST
