Cricket Australia clears top Australian cricketers to participate in IPL 2021 before T20 World Cup

Cricket Australia on Sunday issued a No Objection Certificate for the country’s leading Australian cricketers to return to the rescheduled Indian Premier League in the UAE, starting next month.

Cricket Australia on Sunday has issued a No Objection Certificates for the country’s leading cricketers to return to the rescheduled Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE, starting next month ahead of the T20 World Cup. This year's IPL was halted in May after an outbreak of Covid-19 in India, and about 40 Australian players, coaches, broadcasters and support staff had to spend time in Maldives while international borders were shut, before eventually returning home via a charter flight provided by the BCCI.