England, New Zealand, Afghanistan cricketers unavailable: While England and Wales Cricket Board’s Director Ashley Giles has already said that England players will not be available during the window due to FTP commitments, New Zealand too will be playing Pakistan in a limited-overs series in the UAE in September before the World Cup. As for England, they will tour Bangladesh in a limited-overs series. Afghanistan is scheduled to play Pakistan. Bangladesh is scheduled to play England – all of these series before ICC T20 World Cup clearly proves 50% of the foreign players will become redundant if IPL 2021 Phase 2 is scheduled before T20 World Cup.