Certainly not cricket!
Updated On: 12 May, 2024 07:39 AM IST | Mumbai | Sunil Gavaskar
The franchises pick players to balance their team so as to go on to win the Indian Premier League trophy. Therefore, to lose any player just before the Playoffs is...
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Rajasthan Royals opener and England skipper Jos Buttler, who has reportedly supported ECB’s decision to call their players back before the IPL Playoffs to prepare for the T20 World Cup in June. Pic/PTI
The Incredible Premier League is approaching its last week before the Playoffs. The scramble for the last two places will get really intense now. Kolkata and Rajasthan are sitting pretty at the top and are certain to qualify while Mumbai and Punjab are packing their bags and contemplating what went wrong. They, of course, can still play spoilsport in their remaining matches against those other teams who are hoping to qualify.
There is talk that the ECB is going to ask its players playing in the IPL to return early and perhaps get into a camp for those selected in their ICC T20 World Cup men’s team. As of now, there is no information of any other cricket board asking those of its players selected to return for a bit of rest and preparation for the World Cup. Before the auction took place, the BCCI had checked with all the Boards about the availability of their players for the full IPL season, knowing that the World Cup was going to start a few days after the IPL finished and only after an assurance was received from the respective Boards, that the BCCI informed the franchises of the availability of the players.
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