Australians cleared to play in IPL before Twenty20 World Cup

[ASFN Admin]

David Warner and Steve Smith will be among the Australian players permitted to rejoin their Indian Premier League franchises next month to prepare for the Twenty20 World Cup after a scheduled series against Afghanistan was postponed. Australia and Afghanistan were due to play a three-game ODI series in India but both sides agreed to postpone it because of the complexities involved with traveling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Smith and Warner were among a group of high-profile players who missed Australia's recent series loss in Bangladesh.

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