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After the situation between India and Pakistan is normal, the remaining matches of IPL 2025 will be played from May 17 and the final will be on 03 June. Meanwhile, the IPL teams have suffered a major setback before the league resumed. In fact, some of the players of South Africa who are playing in the IPL this season will not be available for the playoff matches.
African players will not play playoffs due to WTC final
In fact, the final match of World Test Championip 2023-25 is to be played between Australia and South Africa from 11 June. To prepare for this match, the South Africa Cricket Board has decided that their players will get ready for the WTC final after the IPL 2025 league stage match is over. After the league stage is over, all African players will return to their homes by 27 May. At the same time, the South African players who are not part of the WTC final squad will continue to play in the league till the end of the IPL.
8 players will leave IPL
A total of 20 players from South Africa are playing in IPL 2025, out of which 8 players are part of the WTC final team. Kagiso Rabada (Gujarat Titans), Aidan Markram (Lucknow Super Gynts), Marco Janson (Punjab Kings), Triston Stabs (Delhi Capitals), Lungi Engidi (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Vian Mulder (Sunrisers Hyderabad), Ryan Reclonton and Corbin Bash (Mumbai Indians) The final will leave for England with the rest of the squad players, where they will play a practice match against Zimbabwe from June 3.
Australian players can also miss playoff matches
Now the question will be coming in your mind whether the Australian players who play in the WTC final will play in IPL 2025. So let us tell you that Cricket Australia has left this decision to its players. Now his players will decide whether he has to play in playoff matches of IPL 2025. Let us tell you that Mitchell Starc (Delhi Capitals), Josh Hazlewood (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Jose England (Punjab Kings), are all players whose team can reach the playoffs. Now it will be seen whether all these are connected with their team for playoff matches.
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