 "Some Australian players are ready to return to Pakistan and India for PSL and IPL respectively. Images: PSL/PTI")
Australian players are ready to return to India and Pakistan for their respective T20 leagues, which are expected to start soon. The Indian Premier League (IPL) 205 will be back by Saturday, 17 May , with Royal Challengers Bengaluru taking on Kolkata Knight Riders. The Pakistan Super League (PSL) has not announced any dates, but reports have indicated that they will soon be restarting at Lahore and Islamabad.
As per the Australian newspaper, The Age, David Warner, who captains Karachi Kings, has confirmed that he will return to Pakistan for PSL once the dates are finalised, while Pat Cummins’ manager also said that the pacer is “likely” to be back in India to captain Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Warner, Cummins ready to return to Paksitan, India
SRH are already knocked out of the IPL 205 but they still have three league matches to play, with the first one after the restart being against Lucknow Super Giants on 19 May.
The Age reported that Ben McDermott is also planning got return to PSL, while RCB pacer Josh Hazlewood could skip the remaining matches of RCB in IPL 2025 due to a shoulder issue.
There’s no clarity on other Australian players, including Travis Head, Josh Inglis and Mitchell Starc, who are part of IPL 2025, and also Australia’s World Test Championship (WTC) final squad . The WTC final is on 11 June, while the IPL final is scheduled for 3 June.
Australian players taking part in the IPL would derail their WTC final plans.
The Australian and other international cricketers were forced to escape Pakistan and India due to the conflict between the two nations that began after a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, which killed 26 people.
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More ShortsIndia launched a retaliatory attack on 7 May, destroying multiple terror camp sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. This led to multiple days of cross-border firing, missile and drone attacks. Eventually, the situation was controlled after both countries agreed to a USA-mediated ceasefire on 10 May.