Rajeev Shukla, vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), announced that the cricket body is implementing new access control regulations for players during the Indian Premier League (IPL) in an effort to strengthen discipline and ensure stricter compliance with tournament protocols.

"The BCCI is setting up new rules. The access that the players have will be controlled; unauthorised people will not be allowed to meet the players, neither in hotels nor on buses, to ensure the transparency of the IPL," the BCCI VP said.