Indian Premier League is arguably the best franchise league in the world. Players from different cricketing nations play for different franchises in the league. However, while other players can come and take part in the competition Indian players are not allowed to play in other franchise leagues. Though the likes of Dinesh Karthik, Yuvraj Singh, and Irfan Pathan did play in other franchise leagues based in Canada, South Africa, and Sri Lanka they did it after their retirement for India. "Keep the Champions Trophy aside, you look at the IPL where all the top players from around the world take part. But Indian players don’t go to play in other leagues. Hence, all the boards should stop sending their players to the IPL. If you don’t release your players for any league, then shouldn’t other boards take a stance?" Inzamam-ul-Haq would say in a local news channel. Every board should stop sending their players in IPL: Inzimam UL Haq pic.twitter.com/8vp8OjEjV3— ٰImran Siddique (@imransiddique89) March 13, 2025 In the recently concluded Champions Trophy 2025 though the tournament was hosted in Pakistan, since India refused to travel to Pakistan due to political stance, all the games of The Men in Blue had to be held in Dubai and ironically Pakistan themselves who are official hosts of the tournament had to travel to UAE to face India and the final too was hosted in Dubai because of India's progress in the tournament. In addition to the non-allowance of Indian players to play in abroad, the IPL has also banned Pakistan players from participating in the league after the inaugural season. Snubbed in The Hundred Imad Wasim, Hassan Ali, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Amir were among the 45 Pakistan cricketers who enlisted their names for the draft of The Hundred and were snubbed by all the eight franchises on Wednesday. Five female Pakistan cricketers also found no takers in the women’s draft on Wednesday. The Hundred’s draft saw 270 domestic and 350 overseas cricketers throw their hats in the ring to be picked for the upcoming season, which starts on August 5. It must be noted that the eight teams are still able to add two more players to their squads in May’s wildcard draft.
