IPL 2021: England players playing in IPL will not be available for playoffs. On Saturday also, three England players had announced their withdrawal from the tournament. Before the start of IPL 2021 in UAE, all the franchises have suffered another setback. On Saturday, where three players from England had announced their withdrawal from the tournament. At the same time, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has given another blow to the IPL teams trying to recover from it. According to the report, England players playing in IPL 2021 will not be available for playoff matches. Since this news, a situation of concern has arisen for many teams of IPL.
A famous British daily newspaper has claimed this. According to the newspaper report, the England team management wants all its players included in the squad for the T20 World Cup to be available for the two-match T20 series against Pakistan before this.
Many players included in the England team for the T20 World Cup are present in the UAE to play in the IPL. This series against Pakistan and the IPL playoffs are to be played at the same time. England has to reach Pakistan on 9 October to play this T20 series while the IPL playoff matches are starting from 10 October.
The England team management is considering this series as very important for the preparations before the World Cup. The board does not want any player included in the team to miss this series. Even if he has to withdraw from the IPL playoffs for this. Also, according to the report, the team management wants to see their entire squad present for selection in the two warm-up matches to be played in the UAE itself before the T20 World Cup.
It can have the biggest impact on Chennai Super Kings (CSK). His team includes two important England all-rounders Sam Curran and Moeen Ali. The rest of the players include Eoin Morgan (KKR), Tom Curran and Sam Billings (Delhi Capitals), Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid (Punjab Kings), and Jason Roy (SunRisers Hyderabad). None of these players will be available for the playoffs.
Earlier on Saturday, three England players had withdrawn from the IPL citing fatigue and personal reasons. These include Jonny Bairstow of Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chris Woakes of Delhi Capitals, and David Malan of Punjab Kings. Their franchises in IPL are very angry with England players withdrawing their names in this way at the last minute. One of these franchises has also complained to the BCCI regarding this matter.
Information: George Garten, playing for RCB, is not included in the England team for the T20 World Cup.
Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Liam Livingstone, David Malan, Tymal Mills, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.
Reserve players: Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, James Vince
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