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Prospective missing stars who would miss some part of the Indian Premier League competition.

Bangalore Royal Challengers
Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, and Dale Steyn: Till April 25
Ross Taylor: May 1 onwards
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, if he chooses to play the Australia Tests: from around mid-May

Chennai Super Kings
Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram: May 1 onwards
Albie Morkel and Makhaya Ntini: till April 25

Delhi Daredevils
AB de Villiers: till April 25
Daniel Vettori: May 1 onwards

Deccan Chargers
Andrew Symonds: May 1 onwards
Herschelle Gibbs: till April 25

Mumbai Indians
Shaun Pollock, Loots Bosman, and Ashwell Prince: till April 25

Rajasthan Royals
Graeme Smith and Morne Morkel: till April 25

Kolkata Knight Riders
Ricky Ponting and Brendon McCullum: May 1 onwards
Chris Gayle, if he chooses to play the Australia Tests: from around mid-May

Kings XI Punjab
Brett Lee and Kyle Mills: May 1 onwards
Ramnaresh Sarwan, if he chooses to play the Australia Tests: from around mid-May

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IPL does not want to set any unwanted precedence by allowing Shoiab Akhtar to play for IPL when he has been banned by his home country. This is in line with IPl’s desire to be part of the International Cricket Community and not act as an isolated body.

Shoiab was recently banned by PCB - the Pakistan Cricket Board for a span of five years as a disciplinary action.

“Shoaib has been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board, and even though they have cleared him to play for IPL, we felt that international discipline needs to be respected,” IS Bindra, a member of the IPL governing council, told Cricinfo. “If he can’t play for Pakistan, how can we play him? There will be no discipline left in the game, if we play him. It will set an unwanted precedent.

“We [the IPL] want to be part of the international system, not operate outside it. If somebody is banned on disciplinary grounds, that is a serious offense, and we felt it would be very odd if he was to play in IPL.”

But Shoaib could play in the IPL if he wins the appeal against his ban. “If he is able to clear the ban and wins the appeal process, he will be allowed to play”, Lalit Modi, the IPL chairman, clarified to a private television channel.

Kolkata Knight riders have already been informed about the decision and they are bound by IPL rules where every player would require a BOC or clearance from the governing body of IPL for participating in the Tournament.

IPL has made it very clear that every player must get a NOC from his home country for playing in IPL.

Akhtar was banned for 5 years on Tuesday by the PCB for repeated indiscipline in the field which in effect finished his Internation Cricket Career. However the ban does not restricts him to play IPL and the PCB was kind enough to give him permission to play in IPL. Shoiab recently signed for Shahrukh Khan;s Kolkata Knight Riders for $450,000.