IPL Teams Allowed Temporary Replacements For Season's Last Leg: Report

Advertisement

Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 16:08 IST

BCCI volition let franchises to motion impermanent replacements for the remainder of the season, but they can't beryllium retained.

IPL is acceptable to resume aft its little suspension. (BCCI Photo)

The 2025 variation of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is acceptable to resume connected May 17, but the tournament’s last agelong has already been thrown into flux owed to the unavailability of respective overseas players. In response, the IPL has made a important amendment to its subordinate replacement policy, allowing franchises to motion impermanent replacements for the remainder of the season. However, specified replacements volition not beryllium eligible for retention up of the 2026 auction.

Previously, franchises were allowed to motion replacement players successful the lawsuit of unwellness oregon injury, but lone earlier oregon during their 12th league match. The league has present modified that regularisation to accommodate the ongoing disruptions pursuing the tournament’s mid-season suspension. “Given the non-availability of definite overseas players owed to nationalist commitments oregon idiosyncratic reasons oregon immoderate wounded oregon illness, Temporary Replacement Players volition beryllium allowed until the decision of this tournament," the IPL stated successful a memo to franchises.

“This determination is taxable to the information that the Temporary Replacement players taken from this constituent guardant volition not beryllium eligible for retention successful the pursuing year. Temporary Replacement players volition person to registry for the IPL Player Auction 2026," the memo further clarified.

IPL 2025: Revised Schudule – FULL | Rjasthan Royals (RR) | KolkataKnightRider (KKR) | Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Mumbai Indians (MI) | Gujarat Titans (GT) | Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Delhi Capitals (DC) | Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

The alteration appears to beryllium a preemptive determination to forestall teams from utilizing the replacement clause to bypass the auction process. The IPL has made it wide that this relaxation successful rules is simply a one-time measurement owed to bonzer circumstances. It besides clarified that players signed earlier the tourney was suspended stay eligible for retention. These see Sediqullah Atal (Delhi Capitals), Mayank Agarwal (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), and the Rajasthan Royals duo of Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Nandre Burger.

Delhi Capitals signed Mustafizur Rahman arsenic Jake Fraser-McGurk ‘opted to permission owed to idiosyncratic reasons’. The Australian batter had been picked up for a whopping INR 9 crore astatine the auction, arsenic the The left-arm mean pacer from Bangladesh volition articulation DC for INR 6 crore.

Fraser-McGurk is the 2nd confirmed overseas withdrawal aft Chennai Super Kings’ Jamie Overton. Once seen arsenic a cardinal performer towards the extremity of IPL 2024, the 23-year-old failed to replicate that signifier this season, managing conscionable 55 runs successful six matches. With 5 single-digit scores and a champion of 38, helium was benched midway done the campaign.

Delhi remains successful contention for a playoff spot but awaits clarity connected the availability of different overseas stars specified arsenic Mitchell Starc, Faf du Plessis, and Tristan Stubbs. Stubbs’ concern is peculiarly tricky, arsenic helium is portion of South Africa’s squad for the World Test Championship last opening June 11. Cricket South Africa has mandated that players selected for the WTC indispensable instrumentality to their archetypal No Objection Certificates, valid lone until May 25.

England’s players, including Jos Buttler (GT), Jacob Bethell (RCB), and Will Jacks (MI), are besides apt to miss the playoffs owed to a location ODI bid against the West Indies. While Bethell is expected to diagnostic successful 2 much IPL matches earlier leaving, Buttler and Jacks’ question plans stay unclear.

Amid each the uncertainty, Mumbai Indians person received a boost with the instrumentality of New Zealand pacer Trent Boult, a cardinal fig successful their caller resurgence.

Location :

First Published:

News cricket IPL Teams Allowed Temporary Replacements For Season's Last Leg: Report