Been wanting this for a while. I don’t see any reference to skipping on IPL entirely in any article though. The shortlist part is good as is the emphasis on playing domestic games to ensure guys like Tyagi stop skipping on Ranji games.
Blokes like Rohit who have been guilty of missing multiple international games due to injury and are unlikely to be in the long term plans for the T20I squad are the main ones that I would want to be missing out on parts if not the whole of IPL. Could also make an argument for a guy like Hardik who hasn’t been playing in ODIs for sometime and no longer plays tests.
If true I do think this is the BCCI’s way of getting back in a way against these IPL owners who have been involved in other T20 leagues despite the BCCI not wanting it. The cynic in me feels that this isn’t just about wanting to win the WC.
In other news it seems Chetan Sharma might be back. What a pile of tosh.
Correct. Its not about skipping the IPL entirely. It's about managing workload during IPL, which means those 20 players will need to miss some IPL games.
My opinion - this could be a good move. Will make franchises rethink their plans and play the replacements more often than what they are doing now. Especially CSK, who are known for only playing experienced players at the cost of giving no games to the less experienced. If Deepak Chahar and Ravindra Jadeja are forced to miss out a few games due to workload management, they will need to play Hangargekar/Simarjeet and Nishant Sidhu/Ajay Mandal.