IPL 2025: The Indian Premier League is being restored from May 17, the first match will be Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, in which we can get the first team to reach the playoffs in season 18. Right now the expectations of 7 teams to reach the playoffs are alive, meanwhile, bad news has come for those teams whose players will return home before the playoff matches due to the preparations for the World Test Championship Final. According to the report, the South Africa Cricket Board has convinced the BCCI after a long conversation, will leave the tournament before their 8 players playoffs which are part of the WTC Final Squad.

South Africa competes with Australia in the World Test Championship final. The title collision will be held at Lord’s Cricket Ground from June 11. According to ESPN news, Cricket South Africa has asked 8 players playing in IPL 2025 to return to the country by 27 May. These are the players who are part of the WTC final while other players can play the playoff matches.

IPL 2025 has to be carried forward a week due to the postponement of IPL. The first final was to be played on 25 May but now it will be on 3 June. According to the earlier schedule, South Africa had asked all its players to gather in the country by 26 May, all the players were scheduled to leave for England on May 30. It was believed that South Africa would push this plan forward and would call back his players after the playoffs but they have convinced the BCCI and convinced them. Because this is the first time that the team has reached the WTC final.

It has been said in the report that according to the first schedule, South Africa’s Hiladi will leave for England on May 30. The team will play a practice match against Zimbabwe from June 3.

Those South African Players, who are part of the WTC final squad

1. Kagiso Rabada (GT)
2. Aden marriam (lsg)
3. Marco Jansan (PBKS)
4. Triston Stabs (DC)
5. Lungi angidi (RCB)
6. Vian Mulder (SRH)
7. Ryan Ricelton (mi)
8. Corbin Bosch (Mi)

The worst news is for Mumbai Indians, who is a strong contender to reach the playoffs. Mumbai, captained by Hardik Pandya, has won 7 out of 12 matches, its net run rate is better than all teams including Gujarat at number one. There are 2 South African players included in the WTC final squad, which are included in the MI team.

Only Sunrisers Hyderabad is such a team that is out of the race for IPL playoffs. Marco Jesan was making great contribution to Punjab, the role of Triston Stabs is important for Delhi. In such a situation, the team will suffer a lot of damage due to their departure.

Kagiso rabada doping ban: South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada returned home after leaving the middle of 2025. It has now been revealed that his report came positive in the investigation of consuming cocaine. A South African media institution revealed that Rabada had consumed cocaine before the start of the SA20 League. Please tell that Rabada left IPL 2025 on April 3 and returned to his country. On May 5, it was announced that Rabada is going to return to the IPL after facing doping ban. Rabada is not the first cricketer who has been found guilty in drugs cases.

Vinod kambli

Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli’s career had hit a sharp bounce in the 1990s. He was becoming a well-known name in world cricket. Kambli himself has accepted that he had become accustomed to consuming cocaine, drugs, alcohol. Kambli played 17 Tests and 104 ODIs in his career. It is said that Kambli’s career was finished quickly due to being addicted to drugs.

Shoaib Akhtar

It was in the year 2006 when Shoaib Akhtar was caught consuming banned steroid Nandrolone. For this reason, he was banned for 2 years from playing cricket. He had refused to consume any drugs, but at the same time he also refused to conduct an inquiry again for fear of coming positive.

Wasim Akram

Another legendary Pakistan player Wasim Akram admitted in his autobiography that he had become addicted to drugs after retirement. Akram’s addiction to drugs touched when his first wife Huma died in 2009.

Apart from these, Shane Warne, Harshal Gibbs, Stephen Fleming and Andrew Symonds were also victims of excessive consumption of drugs or alcohol.

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