After holding a strong position for nearly two years, the Cricket Board lifted the ban Wednesday of online players with the ICL rebels, offering a surprise "amnesties" that make them eligible to play for the country after a cooling period one years. The players of the Indian Cricket League had until 31 May to strong links with Chandra, Subhash owned championship, which began in 2007 but was not recognized by the ICC or the BCCI. "The BCCI has decided to grant amnesty to all players, support staff and anyone else connected with ICL planned to cancel all its contracts with the ICL before 31 May," BCCI President Shashank Manohar said from a conference press release here. "But it will be considered for international cricket for a year if you can play domestic cricket," he said. The BCCI chief said the council took the decision after "many to many players and support staff had approached us and admitted he made a mistake and want to return to the BCCI times. The surprise move by the BCCI has paved the way for active and former internationals Dinesh Mongia, Rohan Gavaskar and Hemanga Badani, coaches and Sandeep Patil, Balwinder Sandhu and others on the administrative part of the ICL, former captain Kapil Dev and Kiran in more to return to the agency. Manohar said that the International Cricket Council had earlier this month rejected a demand to recognize ICL, indirectly suggesting that might be the reason for the players and others associated with desire to return to ICL official times. "They admit they made a mistake and have decided to give them a chance," attorney based in Nagpur. But he also made clear that, as an act of punishment for rebellious body combined with the ex-players, whose monthly charge has been sent to them during their association with the ICL would not be paid this amount, even after cutting ties . "They will not be compensated. They will face a punishment and not have the amount paid, "he said. The list of former players whose free monthly by BCCI was stoppped includes the current CEO of ICL Kapil Dev and the workload of 35,000 rupees a month. The series was announced by the rebel ICL chairman Subash Chandra's Essel Group immediately after the dismal performance of India in 2007 World Cup in the West Indies, with the first festival in October that year. The BCCI, which happened soon after the Indian Premier League, refused to acknowledge the ICL and has announced a ban on agents associated with the League of "rebels." The BCCI had also informed the views of other nationalities to have a similar approach to ICL, which had become a home for many disgruntled players worldwide. The Board of Cricket in India promoted by the Premier League, also according to the popular Twenty20 format, has stolen the thunder less than six months later with the publication of a very successful first held in India last year . The ICL has decided not to conduct its 2009 edition, after the terrorist attacks last year, Mumbai, citing security reasons.