{"id":22326,"date":"2025-05-15T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=598037"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T07:47:04","slug":"ipl-2025-moeen-ali-opts-out-rovman-powells-participation-uncertain-kkr-eyes-replacements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2025-moeen-ali-opts-out-rovman-powells-participation-uncertain-kkr-eyes-replacements\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2025: Moeen Ali opts out, Rovman Powell\u2019s participation uncertain; KKR eyes replacements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"535\">In a fresh blow to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), <strong data-start=\"221\" data-end=\"301\">Moeen Ali has opted out of the remainder of IPL 2025 due to personal reasons<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"343\">Rovman Powell remains doubtful<\/strong> owing to an unspecified injury, confirms ESPN Cricinfo. Powell, who was with the West Indies contingent in Dubai, is currently under medical evaluation, and the franchise is exploring short-term replacement options.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"537\" data-end=\"824\">On a brighter note, <strong data-start=\"557\" data-end=\"617\">Quinton de Kock, Spencer Johnson, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz<\/strong> have all arrived in Bengaluru and are set to join the team\u2019s training sessions at the <strong data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"729\">M Chinnaswamy Stadium<\/strong> on Thursday and Friday, ahead of the season\u2019s resumption on <strong data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"800\">May 17<\/strong>, when <strong data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"823\">KKR face RCB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"1089\">Meanwhile, <strong data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"886\">Josh Hazlewood\u2019s arrival date remains unclear<\/strong>, putting his availability for Saturday\u2019s match in doubt. <strong data-start=\"944\" data-end=\"1036\">RCB have received a boost with Liam Livingstone and Romario Shepherd rejoining the squad<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"1044\" data-end=\"1074\">Jacob Bethell is also back<\/strong> with the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1091\" data-end=\"1413\">The <strong data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1136\">England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB)<\/strong> has granted NOCs for IPL participation until <strong data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1192\">May 25<\/strong>, aligning with the original IPL final date. However, with the <strong data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1309\">England vs West Indies ODI series beginning May 29<\/strong>, the availability of players like <strong data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1382\">Romario Shepherd and Jacob Bethell<\/strong> beyond that remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1415\" data-end=\"1535\">KKR may need to adjust their overseas lineup swiftly as they push for playoff contention amid these last-minute changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a fresh blow to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Moeen Ali has opted out of the remainder of IPL 2025\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[883],"class_list":["post-22326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-moeen-ali"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}