Australia’s star players, including David Warner, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, will miss the start of the IPL despite skipping the limited-overs series against Pakistan, which is set to coincide with the lucrative T20 league. Although the BCCI has not officially announced the dates for IPL-15, the league is expected to start in the last week of March. Warner, Hazlewood and Cummins are part of the Test squad for the series starting March 4-25 in Pakistan but will skip the limited-overs assignment starting March 29.
However, they will not be able to join their IPL teams before April 5 as Australia’s selection committee chief George Bailey made it clear on Tuesday that centrally-contracted players who are not part of the limited-overs matches against Pakistan will not be available. . Till the end of the bilateral series for the league.
Hence, all three will return home after the Test in Pakistan and before starting the IPL in India.
All-rounders Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis, pacers Jason Behrendorff, Sean Abbott and Nathan Ellis will also miss the start of the league as they are part of the Australian squad for three ODIs and one T20I against Pakistan.
“I fully respect IPL as a tournament. I think they are at the forefront of T20 matches,” Bailey was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
“I think it’s been a really important tournament for the skill development of some of our players, so it’s important not to underestimate it,” he said.
Bailey said that “the protocol which was not available for any centrally-contracted Australia player to join an IPL team as of 6 April was being finalized by CA’s acting General Manager High Performance and National Teams, Ben Oliver.” Daniel Sams, Riley Meredith, Nathan Coulter-Nile and Tim David, who are not bound by CA contracts, will be free to appear in the IPL from the start.
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While Warner was bought by Ricky Ponting-coach Delhi Capitals, Hazlewood will join Royal Challengers Bangalore, while Cummins will return to Kolkata Knight Riders. PTI aap ah ah
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