BCCI grants amnesty to 79 ICL players

The BCCI has granted amnesty to 79 ICL players, 11 former players and 11 officials, reports Cricinfo. The players include Hemang Badani, Dinesh Mongia and Deep Dasgupta while former players include Sandeep Patil, EAS Prasanna, Madan Lal and Ajit Wadekar. The players have been declared eligible for domestic cricket in India leaving the ICL with just five Indian players from its original pool of 84.

However, India's former captain Kapil Dev, who is the chariman of the ICL's Executive Board, has not terminated his contract, nor has former wicketkeeper Kiran More.

Earlier on Tuesday it was revealed that Justin Kemp, the South African allrounder, had terminated his contract with the ICL. A statement from the Cricket South Africa (CSA) CEO, Gerald Majola, said Kemp had complied with the CSA's conditions for ICL players required to become eligible again to play under the official association.

The Indian board announced last month an amnesty for all Indian players associated with the ICL, with a May 31 deadline to cut their ties with the league. Players who did so would be eligible to play international cricket after a one-year 'cooling period' and domestic cricket from June 1, when the ICC's new rules on official and unofficial cricket came into force. Following the decision, other cricket governing bodies, including the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) offered amnesty to their players involved with the league.