South Africa Wants WTC Final-Bound Stars Playing In IPL To Return By May 26

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Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 09:51 IST

As galore arsenic 8 South African cricketers presently portion of IPL 2025 person besides been picked successful the squad for the ICC World Test Championship final.

(From left) Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen and Corbin Bosch (PTI/BCCI)

Cricket South Africa (CSA) connected Tuesday named their squad for the adjacent month’s ICC World Test Championship last against South Africa. Eight of those successful their squad person a declaration with the IPL 2025 which has been extended by a fewer days aft being suspended owed to the India-Pakistan conflict. CSA present wants them backmost by May 26 arsenic per the archetypal agreement.

The IPL 2025 was to extremity connected May 25 but with the docket being revised connected relationship of a one-week suspension, the play volition present decorativeness connected June 3 erstwhile the last volition beryllium played. South Africa person a warmup lucifer planned against Zimbabwe from June 3-6 earlier they look Australia successful the rubric clash slated to get underway connected June 11 astatine Lord’s.

“The archetypal statement with the IPL and the BCCI was with the last being connected the (May) 25th, our players would instrumentality connected the 26th truthful that it allows them ample clip earlier we alert retired connected the 30th. Nothing has changed from our perspective," South Africa manager Shukri Conrad said connected Tuesday.

“That is the ongoing conversations that are being had betwixt radical successful a higher wage people than I am, i.e. the Director of Cricket (Enoch Nkwe) and Pholetsi Moseki (CSA CEO), truthful they’re dealing with that. But arsenic it stands, we’re not budging connected that, I don’t think. We privation our players backmost connected the 26th, and hopefully that comes to fruition," helium added.

Marco Jansen (Punjab Kings), Aiden Markram (Lucknow Super Giants), Lungi Ngidi (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans), Ryan Rickelton, Corbin Bosch (both Mumbai Indians), Wiaan Mulder (Sunrisers Hyderabad) and Tristan Stubbs (Delhi Capitals) are portion of South Africa’s WTC last squad.

Of these, lone Wiaan Mulder volition beryllium disposable connected clip since SRH are retired of playoffs contention and play their last league lucifer connected May 25. The remainder of the players are cardinal to their respective franchise’s qualification hopes.

“We are inactive successful discussions with IPL & BCCI," CSA manager of cricket Enoch Nkwe told Cricbuzz.

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