As a measure of its commitment to safeguard international cricket, the Indian Premier League has decided that all IPL players, including retired cricketers, should provide a No Objection Certificate from their home Board for a two-year period.
The IPL will also not allow a cricketer to play in the cash-rich Twenty20 League if he skips participating in an approved Future Tours Programme event and instead opts to play for a franchise in the League.
A communication to this effect from IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi was sent to all the cricket boards on Thursday night, according to a media statement.
The world's premier Twenty20 League has also set a deadline of August 25 for all its franchises, eight currently, to disclose all the contracts they have signed with all the players.
"The IPL would update the player registry and publish a finalised list of registered players with the league on August 27," according to the statement.
The IPL has also advised its franchises not to use agents for hiring new players and instead deal directly with the cricketers in the wake of problems faced by the cricket boards because of some agents misguiding players and the franchises with detrimental effect on global cricket, the statement said.