In a major relief to the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has said that it will consider releasing some players for the cash-rich league, who would otherwise be involved in the home Test series against Bangladesh. Will be busy First leg of the tournament.
South Africa and Bangladesh will play three ODIs and two Tests on March 18 and April 11 and Proteas players like Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Enrique Nortje, Marco Jensen and Aiden Markram will miss a significant number of IPL matches after joining the league. can do. End of two red ball matches.
Notably, IPL 2022, tentatively expected to start from March 27, will in all likelihood be played around four venues in Maharashtra. Players arriving after April 11 will not be available for five-six matches as quarantine is required for five days after their arrival in India.
The CSA said it would look into the matter, but did not give an unbridled commitment.
CSA chief Lawson Naidu told Cricbuzz on Friday, “After the IPL auction is over, we will look into the matter when we know which players are going to play in the IPL.”
The CSA chief’s comments could push up the price of Proteas players in the mega auction on Saturday and Sunday.
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Nortje has already been retained by Delhi Capitals and bowlers like Rabada, Ngidi, Jensen and Markram could be in high demand if their availability is not severely restricted.
Asked whether Rabada and Nortje would be released, the CSA chief said: “The team management has not discussed the matter yet.”
Meanwhile, the availability of Quinton de Kock, David Miller, Faf du Plessis and Imran Tahir is not a problem as they either do not play Tests or do not play for the country at all. There are 33 South African players in the auction list of 590 players.
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