C) All such objections will be respected by the IPL and its various franchises and the player in question will not be selected to play

The Indian Express spoke to a few officials from franchise teams, and the consensus remains that this particular rule could be subject to speculation.

The objection raised to a particular player in question by any member board will be respected by IPL and team owners.

However, the general view remains that it should also not harm the team owners’ view directly in terms of financial remuneration being offered to a player, breach of any contract or the team’s prospects.

D) Bilateral commitments will take precedence over IPL fixtures

This particular rule immediately brings to memory the Kerry Packer days. Players being paid in millions could disagree to playing bilateral tours that will harm their financial interests. Already, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is trying to waive off a few days of their scheduled series against Australia to ensure Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle can play in the IPL. Even players such as Daniel Vettori and Scott Styris are currently in talks with New Zealand Cricket CEO Justin Vaughan so as to allow them to play in the IPL and join the national team later than scheduled during the upcoming tour of England.

•While most of these rules were expected, and are in place to assuage fears that the IPL would threaten the position of national teams, the fact that BCCI did not push for the FTP at all actually means that all the above fears have a better chance of coming true.

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