Now ICL players can play in Indian Team, BCCI lifts ban on ICL

BCCI agreed to lift the ban on players associated with the rebel ICL if they severed their links with ICL. BCCI President Shashank Manohar said the decision was taken after some ICL players and their support staff met the Board members and admitted committing mistake by joining the rebel League. Manohar made it clear that the players would not be given any international assignments for a year after they quit the ICL but can immediately start playing in the domestic competition.
The Indian Cricket League (ICL), which boasts of names Brian Lara, Inzamam-ul Haq and Shane Bond in its ranks, was launched by Zee Group owner Subhash Chandra after India's debacle in the ODI World Cup in the West Indies in 2007. But the BCCI, which shortly after came up with the Indian Premier League, refused to recognize the ICL and announced a ban on players associated with the 'rebel' League.
The ICL, which had India's only World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev as the Chairman of its Executive body, made repeated attempts to be authorised by the BCCI and the International Cricket Association only to be turned down on every occasion. The ICC had also refused to entertain ICL application earlier this month. The ICL decided not to stage its 2009 edition after Mumbai terror attacks, citing security reasons.