Overseas players are given several perks in the IPL. Leave out injuries or other issues, players are also handed sufficient space with their families during the time of the IPL. Despite all this, several players do not make it to the competition on time, and neither do they feature throughout the league.
Mitchell Starc, the Delhi Capitals pacer, was the third from the Australian pace trio whom Cricket Australia did not allow for the entire stretch of IPL 2026. On the other hand, Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand pacer, also informed the Punjab Kings about his unavailability as he desires to spend sometime with his newborn child.
“There is also the usual taking the franchise for granted issue with some overseas players, who are not going to be available for non-injury and personal reasons,” Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his Sportstar column.
“The owners of the franchises go out of their way to accommodate their players often paying for families to come and spend time with the players at no cost to the millionaire players, mind you.
Sunil Gavaskar advises IPL franchises to take stringent measures against overseas players
He also suggested that the IPL franchise owners take strict action against these players and drop them from the squad. Harry Brook, the English skipper, faced an IPL ban after withdrawing from the tournament despite already being named in the DC teamsheet.
"Unless franchise owners start to get tough and drop these players, they will find themselves being hampered in their efforts to win the title. All the planning in forming the squad which they believe can help them win, goes out of the window when players decide to come whenever they want,” remarked Sunil Gavaskar.
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"IPL teams also should have an opportunity where if he bowls only two overs, then they should deduct 2 crores,” Ashwin had said on his YouTube channel.
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