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Rajeev Shukla reiterates BCCI's strict policy for participation of Indian players in overseas leagues

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vice President Rajeev Shukla on Tuesday once again confirmed that the Indian players will not be allowed to participate in foreign leagues. 

Recently, there had been speculations of MS Dhoni being the mentor of the Joburg Super Kings in the CSA T20 League. However, the board had refused to allow Dhoni to participate in the rival league, due to his ties with BCCI and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. 

Although the IPL franchises have snapped up teams in the rival leagues, the players are still contracted to fulfil their commitments to the board and the league. 

“We do not provide our players to any other cricket league abroad. We have a straight policy regarding this. Our Indian Premier League is itself a huge league and we cannot allow any of our players to attach themselves to any foreign league in any manner,” Shukla told ANI.

BCCI concerned with IPL franchises interest in foreign leagues

If the reports are to be believed, BCCI is perturbed about the rising interest of the IPL franchises in the novel T20 leagues arising from UAE and South Africa. 

“BCCI has created a brand IPL and the entire sporting world is in awe of it. We have to protect our brand. We are very concerned when the name of IPL owners is being associated with every foreign league," said the BCCI official. 

The ILT20 has witnessed Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals owners as the franchises. 

On the other hand, all the six franchises in the CSA T20 League have been acquired by the IPL franchises. 

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