The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season hit an obstacle when captain of the England team and Rajasthan Royals (RR) star batter Jos Buttler suggested English players should skip the IPL playoffs before the T20 World Cup. The English Cricket Board (ECB) had assured the teams that their players would be there for the whole of the tournament, thereby, the teams were upset by this statement.

To resolve this matter, discussions are currently taking place between the ECB and the Indian cricket board (BCCI). The English players on IPL teams are hard to part with because everything was planned. They are hoping that the ECB addresses the promises it made before the IPL auction.

IPL teams are hoping for a speedy resolution as talks continue. But the remainder of the IPL season is complicated by uncertainty around player availability.

The ECB's decision to withdraw England players before the IPL 2024 playoffs was supported by Jos Buttler.

"I asked Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) very early on in the piece and said, ‘Look, as England captain, you’re obviously going to have this series against Pakistan. How do you see it?’ And straightaway, he said, ‘No, no, I want to come back and start getting ready for the World Cup in that series that’s just before it’,” Key England cricket team’s managing director Rob Key has reveale via ESPNcricinfo.

"You can't just call people back for no reasons: there are protections," said Rob Key, England's managing director, on Tuesday.

"Without injury or England commitments, we couldn't say to Phil Salt, for example, come back and have a rest for the next 15 days. But there is a window just before an England series when you can bring players back for England duty or injury - he added

The English players currently participating in IPL 2024 are as follows:

Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals) Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders) Moeen Ali (Chennai Super Kings) Will Jacks (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) Reece Topley (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) Sam Curran (Punjab Kings) Liam Livingstone (Punjab Kings) Jonny Bairstow (Punjab Kings)