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Mumbai Cricket Australia has left it up to the individual players to decide whether to return to India and rejoin the richest league in the world. The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is scheduled to begin on May 17 and run through June 3, one week before the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Lord’s in London.

The players must decide whether they want to participate in IPL 2025, which was halted for a week on May 9 due to fighting between India and Pakistan as India retaliated for the terror attack on innocent tourists by Pakistan-supported terrorists at Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen. It will provide its inputs following consultation with the Australian federal government and security agencies.

“Cricket Australia will support players in their individual decisions whether to return to India or not,” the cricket association said in a statement on Tuesday. Cricket Australia said in a statement that “we are maintaining communication with the Australian Government and BCCI around security arrangements and safety,” according to http://www.cricket.com.au.

The IPL 2025’s extension into June is another issue for Cricket Australia, as some of its star players may be locked up until June 3 if their teams advance to the final. In addition to players, the IPL also involves coaches, support personnel, and past players.

Pacer Josh Hazlewood, who plays for Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who are now ranked second in the standings and in a strong position to make the playoffs, is one of the best players that might possibly be included in the WTC final team. With three games remaining, Sunrisers Hyderabad, captained by Pat Cummins, are out of the running for a postseason berth. He will thus need to remain in India till after May 25, when they face the Kolkata Knight Riders in their last game in Delhi.

With three games remaining, Mitchell Starc’s Delhi Capitals are also in a good position to make the playoffs. Starc will have to stay with the squad until June 4 and then go straight to London if they make it all the way.

Mitchell Marsh (Lucknow Super Giants), Josh Inglis (Punjab Kings), and Travis Head (Sunrisers Hyderabad) are the other potential Australian WTC players on IPL clubs. Marsh’s LSG and Inglis’ Punjab Kings still have a shot, even if Travis Head’s SRH are out of the running.

Cricket Australia said in a statement on Tuesday that if players want to join the IPL, the team management would work with them.

“Team management will work through the preparation implications for the World Test Championship final for those players who choose to play in the remaining IPL matches,” stated Cricket Australia.

There are other players vying for WTC final slots in addition to the ones listed above.

Players, both past and present, will play a variety of roles in the 2025 IPL. Mike Hussey is the batting coach of the Chennai Super Giants, Justin Langer is the head coach of the Lucknow Super Giants, and Ricky Ponting is the coach of the Punjab Kings. His assistant is his countryman Brad Haddin.

Among other players, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Owen, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, and Xavier Bartlett represent the Punjab Kings, while Nathan Ellis plays for CSK and Spencer Johnson for the Kolkata Knight Riders.

In addition to Hazlewood, Tim David plays for RCB, Jake Fraser-McGurk for the Delhi Capitals, and Adam Zampa for SRH.

The IPL 2025 will resume after a truce with Pakistan was reached, according to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The IPL 2025 was halted on May 9. In response to the Pahalgam attack, India launched Operation Sindoor, which targeted Pakistani military and terrorist facilities. Meanwhile, Pakistan used drones and missiles to attack Jammu, Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Pathankot, Amritsar, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Adampur, Bhatinda, Chandigarh, Nal, Phalodi, Uttarlai, and Bhuj.

The Indian defense systems stopped these strikes, and no fatalities or damage have been verified by the authorities.