Ravichandran Ashwin on Thursday made history when he become the first male Indian cricketer to play in the Big Bash League after the Sydney Thunder signed up the spinner after he retired from the Indian national team and the India Premier League. His retirement from both the India team as well as the IPL thereby opened doors for the tweaker to play in an overseas league.

As per the BCCI, it only allows retired Indian players to ply their trade in foreign leagues with Dinesh Karthik , Ambati Rayudu , Yusuf Pathan , Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa among the other retired stars to play in overseas franchise tournaments.

Why does the BCCI not allow active India players to compete in overseas leagues?

One of the main reasons that the BCCI does not allow India players to t5ake part in

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