NEW DELHI, Dec 19: Players joining the Indian Premier League (IPL) will have to agree to a two-year waiting period between retiring from international cricket and joining the league, chairman Lalit Modi has said.

Interested players will have to get a No-Objection Certificates (NOC) from their country’s board.

Modi said the league did not wish to harm the other forms of the game. “This [NOC] will prevent players from retiring before their home boards want them to,” Modi told the Sydney Morning Herald.

“They will have to think twice if they are thinking about an early retirement to join us. The IPL has no interest in jeopardising international cricket or home boards. The keys are in the hands of the board.”—Agencies