The former skipper of England Jos Buttler and South Africa Quick Gerald Coetze will join the Gujarat Titans team on Wednesday before the resumption of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on May 17. According to Espncricinfo, Buttler and Coetzee were the only GT players abroad who left India and the BCCI suspended the BCCI the cash-red league on Thursday, due to the Overseas GT, the tensions of India and the BCCI suspended the BCCI.
The other players abroad of GT, including Rashid Khan, Sherfane Rutherford, Kagiso Rabada and Karim Janat, stayed with the rest of the team in India.
Rutherford was appointed to the ODI team of the Antilles for the three game series in England, which is scheduled from May 29 to June 3. The tour of the Caribbean team will come up against the new calendar of the rest of the 2025 IPL, which will resume on Saturday and will end on June 3. Like Rutherford, Buttler is in the same situation after being appointed to Odi’s Squad in England for the series.
With three games to play in the group phase, Gujarat is at the top of the table on 16 points, before the royals of Bengaluru, second, gracked their higher net execution rate. The next Gujarat match is against the Capitals of Delhi on May 18. They will finish the campaign with two home games against Lucknow super-managers on May 22 and against Chennai Super Kings on May 25 in Ahmedabad.
Kkr
Meanwhile, according to Espncricinfo, most players abroad of the title champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, should arrive in Bengaluru between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. KKR’s Caribbean stars, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Rovman Powell and the Dwayne Bravo team have been in Dubai since the tournament was suspended for a week. The Rahmanullah Gurbaz gates striker, who is in Kabul, will go to Dubai, will join the contingent of the Antilles and then fly to India.
At the same time, South Africa, Anrich Nortje, will join KKR in Bengaluru des Maldives. According to Espncricinfo, Indian KKR players and support staff should arrive on Wednesday.
The reigning champions are in a precarious situation concerning their defense of the title. Kolkata’s besieged team is in seventh place, suspended in the playoff race by mathematical calculations. KKR is sixth in the classification with 11 points, and their two remaining games against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bengaluru are do-ou-die business.
If the Knight Riders are triumphant with two victories, they will go to 15 points and hope that other results will fall in their favor to maintain their defense of title alive.
SRH
Pat Cummins and Travis Head, the Australian pair which should be included in the final of the world testing championship next month, should join the Sunrisers Hyderabad team before the resumption of the Indian Premier (IPL) 2025 on May 17, according to Espncricininfo.
Last week, the 18th edition of the league rich in cash was suspended due to the cross -border tensions of India with Pakistan. The future of the rest of the tournament has been darkened in uncertainty. On Monday, the BCCI authorized doubts by confirming that IPL would resume on Saturday in Bengaluru.
Tuesday morning, Cummins and Head were appointed to the Australian team for the final of the world testing championship against South Africa, starting on June 11. There were doubts about their involvement, since Hyderabad has already been excluded from the race for the playoffs.
According to Espncricinfo, the skipper of Cummins and Head Hyderabad informed the SRH of their decision to return to India. Cummins director Neil Maxwell confirmed that the Australian skipper sought to return to India.
“Pat has a responsibility as a captain of the franchise and plans to return,” Maxwell told News Corp on Tuesday, as quoted by Espncricinfo.
The head of the Australia Cricket national teams, Ben Oliver, assured that the board of directors will work to work with players on their individual decisions to return to India or not in the next two days.
Espncricinfo has also confirmed that, for the moment, there is no confirmation on the question of whether players abroad, notably Heinrich Klaasen, Eshan Malinga, Kamindu Mendis and Wiaan Mulder, will join SRH. Mulder was appointed to the South African team for the WTC final against Australia.
Hyderabad, who finished the finalists last year, lost his Mojo in 2025. SRH strikers, known for their powerbringing, put a failure apart from their first campaign match against the Royals of Rajasthan.
With only three wins on 11 games, Hyderabad occupies eighth place in the point table. SRH will conclude their campaign with three outside games against LSG (May 19) in Lucknow, against RCB (May 23) in Bengaluru and KKR in Delhi (May 25).
Pbks
Punjab Kings striars Overseas Stars Xavier Bartlett, Azmatullah Omarzai and Mitchell Owen confirmed their return to the franchise for the rest of the 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which will resume on May 17. The return of Aaron Hardie to India. Jansen and Inglis were appointed to South Africa and Australia for the final of the world testing championship, which will start on June 11 at Lord’s.
Last Thursday, the BCCI suspended the league rich in cash due to cross -border tensions between India and Pakistan. According to ESPNCRICINFO, most PBKS employees abroad have stayed in India, including head coach Ricky Ponting and assistant coaches Brad Haddin and James Hopes. PBKS asked his players and support staff to meet in the next two days.
According to Espncricinfo, PBKS will resume his training Thursday in Jaipur before his three group phase games remaining against the Royals of Rajasthan (May 18), the Capitals of Delhi (May 24) and the Indians of Mumbai (May 26).
PBKS is in third place with 15 points of 11 lights and is held in a promising position to cut the playoffs. The Punjab was in the middle of their match against the capitals of Delhi at the Hpca stadium in Dharamshala on May 8, but the match was abandoned due to tensions between India and Pakistan.
After the cessation of hostilities on Saturday, the BCCI organized conversations with the government and the stakeholders. On Monday, the Board Indian Cricket published a statement announcing the calendar of the 17 remaining devices.
Six places were selected for the 13 league games, with Delhi, Jaipur, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru. However, the sites of the playoffs have not yet been announced.
According to the new calendar, qualification 1 will be held on May 29. The eliminator and qualifier 2 will be played respectively on May 30 and June 1. The 18th edition of the IPL will end on June 3. The sites of the playoffs have not yet been decided.
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