Why NZ Players Got Clearance For Full IPL Ahead Of 2019 World?

Although the official word from New Zealand cricket is that they, unlike the Australian and England boards, want their players to gain greater exposure to playing in other countries and against different teams...

- Sreelata S. Yellamrazu

Even as the word on the street was that some of the foreign cricket boards were reluctant to release their cricketers for the entire duration of next year’s Indian Premier League keeping the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in mind, there may be more reasons why New Zealand Cricket is letting its players go ahead than their official line.

Although the official word from New Zealand cricket is that they, unlike the Australian and England boards, want their players to gain greater exposure to playing in other countries and against different teams, they did not go as far as to add, even at the cost of jeopardizing their ICC Cricket World Cup preparations at the very least. Arguably with the cricket administration choosing to play it fine, there is going to be for some tricky play on the wrists and unless the team is a seasoned wriggler – and this calls for some serious wriggling, New Zealand cricket is plausibly playing with fire.