Players must go through board to play IPL - WICB

West Indian players who want to take part in the next three seasons of the IPL cannot approach the league directly or through agents and will have to apply through the West Indies Cricket Board. The players have been asked to submit their expressions of interest to the board by November 9.

The WICB, in a media release, outlined the procedure which is applicable to all West Indian players irrespective of whether they are contracted to the WICB or whether they have played for the West Indies. After receiving the expressions of interest from the players, the WICB said it would create a register with the names and submit it to the BCCI and the IPL.

"The BCCI/IPL will then enter the names into the IPL auction register and send it to the respective IPL franchises," the WICB said. "Each franchise will select the players they would like to be entered into the auction. The BCCI/IPL will then notify the WICB of all West Indian players selected and the WICB will notify those players.

"The BCCI/IPL will send all agreements to the WICB and the WICB will bear sole responsibility for issuing these to the players for their review and acceptance or otherwise. The BCCI/IPL, as per its IPL rules, will not have any communication with player agents or managers and will only deal directly with the national boards/associations."

The WICB said if players failed to adhere to these instructions, their names would be withdrawn from the IPL auction register.

List of West Indies players who played in the IPL: Adrian Barath, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Kemar Roach, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor (unable to play because of injury).