India, March 21 -- With the Indian Premier League season a week away, overseas stars are dropping out like flies. Particularly fast bowlers, with names such as Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Nathan Ellis being unavailable for their franchises for select amounts of time.

A big concern for the IPL has been the tendency of overseas players to sign up before being made unavailable, either due to injury or international duty, and sometimes because of personal reasons. One such player to step away for family reasons was New Zealand seamer Lockie Ferguson, who requested personal time away from Punjab Kings at the start of the campaign.

Ferguson has requested for time off to spend with his family, having welcomed a young son this year. Howeve...