PORT-OF-SPAIN, April 22: West Indies captain Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are expected to return home in time for the upcoming series against Australia next month.

The four are currently in India for the IPL, set to continue till June 1. Confirmation came from WICB chief executive Dr Donald Peters that the players will return four days before the first Test against Australia begins on May 22 in Jamaica.

“We have informed the IPL that Gayle, Sarwan, Chanderpaul and Bravo will be returning on the 18th of May,” Peters told The Trinidad Express. “Our arrangement with the IPL is that the players would be back for the home series.”

Last month, the ICC, following their meeting in Dubai, placed certain restrictions on the IPL to prevent international fixtures being affected by the unavailability of players contracted to the League. Among the decisions taken are that “bilateral commitments of members will take precedence over IPL fixtures”.

The ICC also stated their members have “unfettered rights” to object to a player from their country being used, up to two years after they retire.—Agencies