Harry Brook Withdraws from IPL 2025, Faces Possible Two-Year Ban

LONDON: England batter Harry Brook has pulled out of the Indian Premier League for the second straight season, a move which could result in a two-year ban from the competition.

Prior to the IPL 2025 auction, the league’s Governing Council put in place a rule which read, “Any player who registers in the player auction and after getting picked at the auction, makes himself unavailable before the start of the season, will get banned from participating in the tournament and player auction for two seasons,” one of the rules read.

Brook apologized “unreservedly” Sunday to the Delhi Capitals franchise and its supporters but stressed that playing for England remains his “priority and focus.”

The 26-year-old Brook is one of the favorites, along with England test captain Ben Stokes, to replace Jos Buttler as England’s white-ball captain following its group-stage elimination at the Champions Trophy. Agencies

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