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Cricket Australia backs players reluctant to return to India with IPL slated to resume

Mitchell Starc prepares to bowl for Delhi Capitals
Mitchell Starc prepares to bowl for Delhi Capitals before the IPL tournament is suspended in the wake of the India-Pakistan conflict. Photograph: Mihir Singh/Reuters

Australian cricketers will weigh up whether they return to India for the remainder of the Indian Premier League season after the BCCI announced the tournament would resume this weekend during a ceasefire in the conflict between India and Pakistan.

The IPL was suspended on Friday night amid heightened tensions between the neighbouring countries and many of the Australians involved in the tournament have since returned home.

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