Australia cleared to return back for IPL before T20 World Cup

Cricket Australia has given the green light for the country's top white-ball players to return to the Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates in September and October. It will be the second season in a row that players like David Warner, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, and Marcus Stoinis have skipped the first round of Australia's domestic leagues to compete in the lucrative T20 tournament.

The IPL has since been rescheduled to conclude the remaining 36 games in 27 days in the UAE between September 19 and October 15, completing just two days before the T20 World Cup, which has also been shifted from India to the area. Besides, the T20 World Cup will begin with qualifier rounds in which Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Ireland, the Netherlands, Scotland, Namibia, Oman, and Papua New Guinea will compete.