Tristan Stubbs in action for IPL 2025© BCCI
The Premier League Indian franchises (IPL) have received a massive boost when South Africa has announced that it would reduce preparation time before the World Test Championship (WTC) against Australia. While the AS authorities said for the first time that all players had to go home on May 26, they changed their statement and said that training for the game will now take place from June 3. “Correction – The team will resume training for the game on June 3. The question is during discussion higher than me.
The decision means that Kagiso Rabada, Aiden Markram, Lungi Ngidi, Marco Jansen and Tristan Stubbs, among others, will be able to participate in IPL 2025. The tournament will resume on May 17 after its suspension for a week due to the rise in border tensions between India and Pakistan.
South Africa had to play a warm -up match against Zimbabwe on June 3 as a preparation for the WTC final, but this decision can also lead to the cancellation or revision of the match.
According to the initial agreement, the BCCI was supposed to publish all players abroad on May 26. But, like the revised calendar, even the campaign League would not end before May 27, while the final is on June 3.
“One thing that we have clearly indicated, and we are finalizing it with the IPL and the BCCI, is that we stick to our original plan with regard to WTC preparations on May 26 being the last for test guys,” said CSA cricket director, NKWE, NKWE.
Eight South African players – Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans), Lungi Ngidi (Royal Challengers Bengaluru), Tristan Stubbs (Delhi Capitals), Aiden Markram (Lucknow Super Giants), Ryan Rickelton (Mumbai Indians), Corbin Bosch (Mi), Marco Jansen (Punjab King Hyderabad) – were appointed to the team for the WTC final.
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