The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council, which convened in Bengaluru on Saturday, decided that an Indian capped player will become uncapped if he has not featured for the national side in the last five calendar years.
“A capped Indian player will become uncapped if the player has in the last five calendar years preceding the year in which the relevant Season is held, not played in the starting XI in International Cricket (Test match, ODI, Twenty20 International) or does not have a Central Contract with BCCI. This will be applicable for Indian Players only,” the official IPL statement said.
The change in rule implies that former Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni, who last featured for the national side during the 2019 ODI World Cup before officially announcing his international retirement in 2020, will be listed as an uncapped player for IPL 2025.
The IPL GC also decided to continue with the Impact Player rule for the IPL 2025 season.
The Impact Sub was introduced during IPL 2023.
