The 18th season of IPL 2025 was halted midway due to tension on the border between India and Pakistan. After the announcement of ceasefire, the situation between the two countries is normal now, due to which IPL is going to start again from 17 May. The league stage round matches will be played till 27 May. After this, Qualifier-1 and Eliminator will be held on 29 and 30 May and then Qualifier-2 will be held on 1 June and the final will be held on 3 June.
According to the earlier schedule, the final was to be held on 25 May, but due to the change in schedule, many teams will have to face problems. Because the World Test Championship final will be played from 11-15 June. Due to national duty, it is difficult for Australian and South African players to play till the IPL final.
The Australian Cricket Board has left it up to its players to decide if they want to play the entire IPL. But the South African Cricket Board has ordered its players to return home by May 26.
Shukri Conrad: We want our players to return on the 26th
According to reports, BCCI approached Cricket South Africa to allow its players to continue in IPL, but CSA rejected BCCI’s request, preferring the final. South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad said that CSA CEO is talking to IPL officials, but they are not going to change their decision.
According to report, Shukri Conrad said,
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝑷𝑳 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑪𝑪𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒚 25, 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 26𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 30𝒕𝒉. 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 (𝑬𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒉 𝑵𝒌𝒘𝒆) 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒊 𝑴𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒌 (𝑪𝑺𝑨 𝑪𝑬𝑶), 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 26𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕.”
South African players playing in IPL 2025 who have got a place in the WTC final squad
Kagiso Rabada (GT), Marco Jansen (PBKS), Aiden Markram (LSG), Corbin Bosch (MI), Ryan Rickelton (MI), Wiaan Mulder (SRH), Lungi Ngidi (RCB) and Tristan Stubbs (DC)
