The Indian Cricket League has confirmed it will scrap player contracts to enable them to return to playing international cricket.
ICL players looking to return to international cricket
The Indian Cricket League has confirmed it will scrap player contracts to enable them to return to playing international cricket.
Players taking part in the unofficial ICL have been banned from playing international cricket, but they are now keen to return due to growing uncertainty about the Twenty20 competition.
Players have not been paid and the ICL tournament scheduled earlier this year was scrapped, leading to many players seeking to return to playing for their countries.
New Zealanders Shane Bond and Darly Tuffey and Pakistan's Adbur Razzaq and Rana Naved have expressed an interest in returning to the national fold.
And ICL director Kapil Dev has now confirmed that the league would not stand in the way of the players.
Opportunity
"We are proud to give these players an opportunity to play for their countries," Kapil told the
Hindustan Times.
"Unlike some other boards, we are against the idea of denying players the chance to represent their country."
ICL official Roland Landers confirmed some players had terminated their contracts.
"If players want to take this route to play for their countries, we will not restrict them," he said.
"We have never restricted them from playing anywhere anyway."
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) originally banned the ICL because it was a rival to its officially sanctioned IPL.
Pakistan cricket chiefs are keen to start picking ICL players again and are now waiting to get clearance from the ICC.
