Mumbai, 22 November (Sports Desk)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has announced the schedule for the next three seasons. The 2025 season will commence on March 14th and conclude on May 25th. The following two seasons, 2026 and 2027, will also follow a similar pattern, starting in March and ending in May.
Key Points:
- 2025 IPL: March 14 – May 25
- 2026 IPL: March 15 – May 31
- 2027 IPL: March 14 – May 30
Availability of Overseas Players:
A significant development is the confirmation of availability of overseas players from major cricketing nations for the next three IPL seasons. This includes players from Australia, England, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, and Sri Lanka.
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Australia: Cricket Australia (CA) has given clearance to all its players – both international and domestic – to feature in the 2025 season. In 2026, Australia will feature in a three-match ODI series in Pakistan which CA revealed will be “concluding no later than March 18”. Australian players participating in that series as well as those resting after the T20 World Cup (scheduled in India and Sri Lanka in February-March 2026) will join the IPL after the Pakistan tour. In 2027, Australian players featuring in the one-off Test between Australia and England in March to commemorate 150 years of Test cricket, will join after the match.
Harry Brook is one of the England players who will be fully available between 2025 and 2027
England: The ECB has submitted a list of 18 centrally contracted players who will be fully available for the next three IPL seasons. One big name missing from this list includes England Test captain Ben Stokes, who did not enter the 2025 IPL mega auction. The list of players who will be fully available between 2025 and 2027 includes: Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Brydon Carse, Zak Crawley, Sam Curran, Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Olly Stone and Reece Topley.
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The ECB has pointed out that a few of these players will be “out of contract” at some point during the 2025-27 period, but while they are contracted they will be available to play in the IPL. England’s non-centrally contracted players will be fully available for the next three seasons.
South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Afghanistan, Zimbabwe: Players from these countries will be fully available.
Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has said its players will be fully available for the 2025 season. Those retained ahead of 2026 and 2027 will be available again.
Bangladesh: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has sent 13 names with varying availability for each player across the three-year period. The list includes: Taskin Ahmed, Litton Kumar Das, Mahedi Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Shoriful Islam, Shohidul Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana, Tanzim Hasan Sakib
However, Pakistan cricketers remain ineligible to participate due to political tensions between the two countries.
