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  • IPL 2023 Auction: Complete list of players to go under the hammer and their base price

    IPL 2023 Auction: Complete list of players to go under the hammer and their base price

    The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has trimmed the players’ auction list of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to 405 from 991. Initially, a total of 369 players were shortlisted by 10 teams from the original list of 991 players.

    Further, teams requested thirty-six additional players, which are added to the final list, making a total of 405 players who will go under the hammer in the mini-auction. Out of 405 players, 273 are Indians, and 132 are overseas cricketers, of which 4 players are from associate nations. The list of total capped players is 119, while the uncapped players are 282 and 4 are from associate nations.

    INR 2 crore is the highest reserve price that comprises 19 overseas players. Similarly, 11 players are on the auction list with a base price of INR 1.5 crore. Regarding the base price of INR 1 crore, 20 cricketers are on this list, including the likes of Manish Pandey and Mayank Agarwal.

    Here is the complete list of players:

    Players with a base price of INR 2 Crore:

    Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Kane Williamson, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Rilee Rossouw, Rassie van der Dussen, Jason Holder, Nicholas Pooran.

    Players with a base price of INR 1.5 Crore:

    Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Jhye Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, Dawid Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfane Rutherford, Nathan Coulter-Nile.

    Players with a base price of INR 1 Crore:

    Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Moises Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabraiz Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakheem Cornwall, Shai Hope, David Wiese.

    Players with a base price of INR 75 Lakh:

    Reece Topley, Wayne Parnell, Daniel Sams, Joshua Philippe, Ish Sodhi, Tom Curran, D’Arcy Short, David Payne, Carlos Brathwaite.

    Other players’ list with their base price:

    INR 50 Lakh:

    • Ajinkya Rahane
    • Sikandar Raza
    • Odean Smith
    • Litton Das
    • Kusal Mendis
    • Ishant Sharma
    • Jaydev Unadkat
    • Mayank Markande
    • Mandeep Singh
    • Paul Stirling
    • Dasun Shanaka
    • Romario Shepherd
    • Taskin Ahmed
    • Dushmanta Chameera
    • Blessing Muzarabani
    • Sandeep Sharma
    • Johnson Charles
    • Andre Fletcher
    • Ben Mcdermott
    • Lorcan Tucker
    • Piyush Chawla
    • Amit Mishra
    • Shahbaz Nadeem
    • Reeza Hendricks
    • Christiaan Jonker
    • Brandon King
    • Karun Nair
    • Pathum Nissaanka
    • Gurkeerat Singh
    • Harry Tector
    • Najibullah Zadran
    • Qais Ahmad
    • Charith Asalanka
    • Dominic Drakes
    • George Garton
    • Chamika Karunaratne
    • Sandeep Warrier
    • Ben Dwarshuis
    • Richard Gleeson
    • Naveen Ul Haq
    • Lahiru Kumara
    • Joshua Little
    • Dilshan Madushanka
    • Mohit Sharma
    • Billy Stanlake
    • Afif Hossain
    • Scott Kuggeleijn
    • Sisanda Magala
    • Dhananjaya Silva
    • Dunith Wellalage
    • Varun Aaron
    • Sheldon Cottrel
    • Daryn Dupavillon
    • Dhawal Kulkarni
    • Barinder Sran
    • Glenton Stuurman
    • Fabian Allen
    • Karim Janat
    • Keshav Maharaj
    • Pawan Negi
    • Keemo Paul

    INR 40 Lakh:

    • Shivam Mavi
    • Will Smeed
    • Rehan Ahmed
    • Jordan Thompson
    • Thomas Helm
    • James Fuller
    • Benny Howell

    INR 30 Lakh:

    • K.M. Asif
    • Lance Morris
    • Apoorv Wankhade
    • Aniket Choudhary

    INR 20 Lakh:

    • Shubham Khajuria
    • Rohan Kunnummal
    • Chethan L.R.
    • Shaik Rasheed
    • Anmolpreet Singh
    • Himmat Singh
    • Corbin Bosch
    • Priyam Garg
    • Saurabh Kumar
    • Vivrant Sharma
    • Nishant Sindhu
    • Sanvir Singh
    • Shashank Singh
    • Samarth Vyas
    • K.S. Bharat
    • Mohammed Azharuddeen
    • Dinesh Bana
    • Abhimanyu Easwaran
    • N. Jagadeesan
    • Sumit Kumar
    • Upendra Singh Yadav
    • Vaibhav Arora
    • Mukesh Kumar
    • Yash Thakur
    • Mujtaba Yousuf
    • Murugan Ashwin
    • Chintal Gandhi
    • Shreyas Gopal
    • S Midhun
    • Izharulhuq Naveed
    • Himanshu Sharma
    • Sachin Baby
    • Harpreet Bhatia
    • Ashwin Hebbar
    • Pukhraj Mann
    • Akshat Raghuwanshi
    • Himanshu Rana
    • Shoun Roger
    • Virat Singh
    • Manoj Bhandage
    • Gerald Coetzee
    • Mayank Dagar
    • Duan Jansen
    • Evan Jones
    • Prerak Mankad
    • Abid Mushtaq
    • Suryansh Shedge
    • Jagadeesha Suchith
    • Akash Vashisht
    • Ricky Bhui
    • Donovan Ferreira
    • Baba Indrajith
    • Sheldon Jackson
    • Aryan Juyal
    • Urvil Patel
    • Kirant Shinde
    • Luvnith Sisodia
    • Vishnu Solanki
    • Vishnu Vinod
    • Vidwath Kaverappa
    • Rajan Kumar
    • Ravi Kumar
    • Sushant Mishra
    • Arzan Nagwaswalla
    • Ishan Porel
    • Akash Singh
    • Basil Thampi
    • Paul Van Meekeren
    • Vyshak Vijay Kumar
    • S.Ajith Ram
    • Satyajeet Bachhav
    • Tejas Baroka
    • Yuvraj Chudasama
    • Peter Hatzoglou
    • Karthik Meiyappan
    • Suyash Sharma
    • Shivam Sharma
    • Priyansh Arya
    • Matthew Breetzke
    • Shivam Chauhan
    • Rahul Gahlaut
    • Sudip Gharami
    • C. Hari Nishaanth
    • Amandeep Khare
    • Bhanu Pania
    • Ekant Sen
    • Akash Singh
    • Himanshu Bisht
    • Yudhvir Charak
    • Mickil Jaiswal
    • Shams Mulani
    • G.Aniketh Reddy
    • Atit Sheth
    • M. Siddharth
    • Swapnil Singh
    • Tanay Thyagarajann
    • Sumeet Verma
    • Sanjay Yadav
    • Ajitesh Guruswamy
    • Yash Kothari
    • Suresh Kumar
    • Kumar Kushagra
    • Anmol Malhotra
    • Robin Minz
    • Agniv Pan
    • Priyesh Patel
    • Mitesh Patel
    • Abishek Porel
    • Nitish Kumar Reddy
    • Bharat Sharma
    • Vivek Singh
    • Abhijeet Tomar
    • Basit Bashir
    • Nandre Burger
    • Rasikh Dar
    • Sakib Hussain
    • Waseem Khanday
    • Ravi Kiran Majeti
    • Lukman Hussain Meriwala
    • Anuj Raj
    • Ankit Singh Rajpoot
    • Avinash Singh
    • Prince Yadav
    • Prithviraj Yarra
    • Mushtaq Beg
    • Rocky Bhasker
    • Sanjith Devaraj
    • Raghav Goyal
    • Allah Mohammad
    • Lalit Mohan
    • Bhuwan Rohilla
    • Aman Sharma
    • Manav Suthar
    • Anirudh Balachander
    • Gourav Choudhary
    • Saurav Chuahan
    • Kumar Deobrat
    • Chirag Gandhi
    • Arman Jaffer
    • Madhav Kaushik
    • Priyank Panchal
    • Ayush Pandey
    • Rohan Patil
    • Sanjay Ramaswamy
    • Siddharth Yadav
    • Prayas Barman
    • Rahul Buddhi
    • Vaisakh Chandran
    • Writtick Chatterjee
    • Prashant Chopra
    • Harsh Dubey
    • Tanush Kotian
    • Ninad Rathva
    • B. Surya
    • Shivank Vashisth
    • Ankush Bains
    • Christopher Benjamin
    • Connor Esterhuizen
    • Mohd Arslan Khan
    • Mamidi Krishna
    • Fazil Makaya
    • Akshdeep Nath
    • Deepak Punia
    • Kunal Rathore
    • Ateev Saini
    • Bipin Saurabh
    • B.R. Sharath
    • Yashovardhan Singh
    • Lakshay Thareja
    • Mohit Avasthi
    • Ottneil Baartman
    • Gurnoor Singh Brar
    • Shahrukh Dar
    • Pankaj Jaswal
    • Venkatesh Muralidhara
    • Geet Puri
    • E. Sanketh
    • Ajay Sarkar
    • Ashok Sharma
    • Kanwar Singh
    • Shivam Chaudhary
    • Ashwin Das
    • Chirag Jani
    • Akshay Karnewar
    • Bhagmender Lather
    • Lone Muzaffar
    • Pulkit Narang
    • Rohit Rayudu
    • Sameer Rizvi
    • Tunish Sawkar
    • Sonu Yadav
    • Auqib Dar
    • Mukhtar Hussain
    • Kulwant Khejroliya
    • Ashwani Kumar
    • Hemant Kumar
    • Nathan McAndrew
    • Rajesh Mohanty
    • Ravi Sharma
    • Vikash Singh
    • Ruben Trumpelmann
    • Koushik Vasuki
    • Vasu Vats
    • Shubham Agrawal
    • Baba Aparajith
    • Anshul Kamboj
    • Azim Kazi
    • Dev Lakra
    • Ajay Mandal
    • Abdul P A
    • Jitender Pal
    • Ritwik Roy Chowdhury
    • Utkarsh Singh
    • Shubham Singh
    • Avneesh Sudha
    • Asad Jamil Ahmed
    • Bandaru Ayyappa
    • Aashish Bhatt
    • McKenny Clarke
    • Shubham Kapse
    • Gourav Koul
    • Raunak Kumar
    • Trilok Nag
    • Atal Bihari Rai
    • Ramon Simmonds
    • Rajeev Singh
    • Mohd. Wasim
    • Atharva Ankolekar
    • Khizar Dafedar
    • Naman Dhir
    • Sahil Dhiwan
    • Sampark Gupta
    • Jordan Hermann
    • Hayden Kerr
    • Salman Khan
    • Sairaj Patil
    • Divyaansh Saxena
    • Purnank Tyagi
    • Prince Yadav
    • Deepraj Gaonkar
    • Shubham Garhwal
    • Deepesh Nailwal
    • Arjun Rapria
    • Shashwat Rawat
    • Sumit Ruikar
    • Shivam Sharma
    • Rajandeep Singh
    • Anunay Singh
    • Digvesh Singh
    • Pranshu Vijayran
    • Prerit Dutta
    • Ramakrishna Ghosh
    • Shubhang Hegde
    • Shamshuzama Kazi
    • Ayaz Khan
    • Amit Pachhara
    • Akul Pandove
    • Mohit Rathee
    • Garv Sangwan
    • Shubham Sharma
    • Nehal Wadhera
    • Amit Yadav
    • Amit Ali
    • Rishabh Chauhan
    • Matthew Forde
    • Sammar Gajjar
    • Rajneesh Gurbani
    • Divyansh Joshi
    • Dhruv Patel
    • Jack Prestwidge
    • Aditya Sarvate
    • Sagar Solanki
    • Prenelan Subrayen
    • Bhagath Varma

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  • Gujarat Titans looking for a fast bowler at auction: Head coach Ashish Nehra

    Gujarat Titans looking for a fast bowler at auction: Head coach Ashish Nehra

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    Ashish Nehra, the head coach at Gujarat Titans, has said the franchise’s plans for the upcoming Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) season. All ten teams will enter the mini-auction on December 23 at Kochi to restructure their team and once again, the teams will fight out for the best players in the auction.

    Nehra said that Gujarat Titans will make few changes to their title-winning squad and will go for a pace bowler in the coming auction. The Titans released the star New Zealand speedster Lockie Ferguson alongside Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Gurkeerat Singh, Dominic Drakes, and Varun Aaron ahead of IPL 2023.

    Ferguson took 12 wickets from 13 innings during the 2022 edition of the tournament and now has joined Kolkata Knight Riders. They boost a quality pace option in form of Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, and Yash Dayal but definitely need reinforcement for the upcoming season. Nehra revealed that the Titans don’t have many requirements and will enter the auction with no big expectations.

    We don’t have too many requirements: Ashish Nehra

    “Even if you win, still you make a few changes as per needs. We might need a fast bowler. In a small auction you make changes as per requirements. We are no different,” Ashish Nehra told reporters on Friday. “We don’t have too many requirements as we haven’t released that many players. Domestic spot is also two or three left. It’s not that you will (always) get the player you want. There are nine more teams. So when that player comes into auction, that is also important,” he added.

    Nehra also pointed out the competition for the title and said that no team is here to only participate but to win. 

    “Every year you want to win as a team. Nobody is here to participate but to win. There will be one winner but margin between win and loss is very little. Gurbaz is a good player and he had gone to a different franchise. There are lot of players who are international T20 captains, but don’t get picked in IPL We have played only one match final. If one lakh people support you, then it helps,” Nehra added.

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  • IPL 2023: Impact Player rule likely to apply only for Indian players

    IPL 2023: Impact Player rule likely to apply only for Indian players

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    The Impact Player rule iis likely to apply only for Indian players n the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League. Last Thursday (December 1), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) introduced the Impact Player concept for the upcoming IPL edition, although the board is yet to provide details on how it will work. 

    The Impact Player rule will allow a team to name a substitute during an ongoing match. Teams can name four substitute players and can bring in one during the live match in place of any player from the starting eleven. 

    “From IPL 2023 Season, a tactical/strategic concept will be introduced to add a new dimension to IPL, wherein one substitute player per team will be able to take a more active part in an IPL match.The regulations pertaining to the same will be issued shortly,” BCCI had said in a note on December 1. 

    As per a Cricbuzz report, all the franchises have been informed by BCCI that an overseas player cannot replace the Indian player and can not come in as a replacement for another overseas player playing in starting eleven. This rule will prevent teams from fielding five overseas players at any given time in the game and will hence conform with exisiting rule of playing a maximum of four overseas players in the match.

    However, teams are likely to take advantage of this rule in the upcoming edition as they can introduce a specialist batter in place of a bowler while chasing and can bring in a specialist bowler in place of a batter while defending, which will hamper the credibility and importance of all-rounders. 

    The BCCI already implemented this rule in the domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy last month, with Delhi all-rounder Hrithik Shokeen becoming the first-ever Impact Player in the tournament during the game against Manipur.

    “The concept is to allow one substitute player per team to take a more active part in a match. This would add a new tactical /strategic dimension to the game. A number of team sports allow teams to make tactical substitutes i.e. football, rugby, basketball, baseball. The substitute is allowed to perform or participate like any other regular player,” the BCCI had said.

     

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  • Mahela Jayawardene to step down as Southern Brave head coach following global role with Mumbai Indians

    Mahela Jayawardene to step down as Southern Brave head coach following global role with Mumbai Indians

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    Former Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene is set to leave as head coach of Southern Brave in the Hundred tournament. Under Jayawardene’s coaching, the franchise lifted a title in 2021, however, the franchise ended up at the seventh position with just three wins in eight games in 2022. 

    Jayawardene has not left officially, however, he has spoken with the management about it, as per an ESPNcricinfo report. The increased responsibilities after his recent promotion with the Mumbai Indians has been specified as the reason and Southern Brave are in the hunt for a new replacement.  

    Notably, Jayawardene has been the head coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League since 2017 and has managed to take the side to three titles. His successful stints had earned him a promotion in the Mumbai setup as he was promoted to a global role, with the MI ownership expanding outside IPL. The Mumbai Indians are owners of MI Emirates in the ILT20 League and the MI Cape Town in the SA20.  

    Jayawardene was named the global head of performance for the entire franchises associated with the Mumbai Indians. The former batter will administer the coaching and scouting at all the three teams in his new role. Following his promotion, Jayawardene stepped down as Mumbai Indians’ head coach, with Mark Boucher replacing him for the upcoming edition in 2023.  

    “It is an honor and privilege to be appointed as Head Coach of MI. Their history and achievements as a franchise clearly put them up there as one of the most successful sporting franchises in all of world sport. I look forward to the challenge and respect the need for results. It’s a strong unit with great leadership and players. I look forward to adding value to this dynamic unit,” told Boucher after taking up the head coach role. 

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  • IPL: 5 forgotten captains

    IPL: 5 forgotten captains

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    Captains call the shots on a cricket field. They marshal their troops and try to bring the best out of the team. In tournaments like the Indian Premier League (IPL), a role of a skipper is more important than ever as in a fast-paced T20 format, one decision can make all the difference.

    Captaining a side in a high-pressure environment is not everyone’s cup of tea and when we talk about the cash-rich league, not many skippers have aced the role. The likes of MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir, and David Warner are some of the best leaders the T20 extravaganza has seen. However, there are a few players in the IPL whom fans might not remember as captains.

    Here are five IPL captains that many may have forgotten:

    5. James Hopes 

    James Hopes was a proven performer for Australia in the 50-overs format. The 44-year-old featured in 84 games and scored 1326 runs at a strike rate of 93.71. On the bowling front, he bagged 67 scalps at an economy of 4.53. The Queensland-born displayed his all-round prowess in the IPL as well. He smashed 417 runs in 21 games at a strike rate of 136.27 and bagged 14 wickets in the competition.

    Interestingly, Hopes also led a franchise in the lucrative T20 tournament. During his stint with Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) in 2011, when skipper Virender Sehwag got ruled out of the last three games of the season, the franchise looked at the former Australian all-rounder to carry out the leadership duties.

    The Delhi franchise needed to win all three games to stand a chance to qualify for the playoffs. However, with Hopes at the helm, the Daredevils lost two games and one game got abandoned due to rain. As a result, Delhi were the wooden spoon holders of the season, with just nine points from 14 matches.

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  • India cap should not be given based on one good IPL season, it should be earned: Wasim Jaffer

    India cap should not be given based on one good IPL season, it should be earned: Wasim Jaffer

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    Former India batter Wasim Jaffer reckons that one good IPL season is not the right parameter of awarding the India cap to any player and that they should also perform consistently in the next two-three domestic seasons as well.

    In the last couple of years, a few players including Rahul Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, etc. have been drafted into the Indian squad on the basis of their IPL performances. Unfortunately for them, they get dropped from the side after string of inconsistent shows during the course of their journey.

    Among this lot, only middle-order batter Suryakumar Yadav and left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh have gone on to successfully establish themselves as regular members in India’s white-ball formats.

    Let them be fully ready: Wasim Jaffer

    Taking to his official Twitter handle, Wasim Jaffer wrote, “Selectors don’t need to pick whoever does well in their 1st IPL season. Let them perform consistently for 2-3 seasons in FC too. Let them be fully ready. That’s a reason we confuse ourselves with selection dilemma. Ind cap shouldn’t be given easily & quickly. It should be earned”.

    Notably, a few players like Sarfaraz Khan and Prithivi Shaw who have been showcasing consistent performances at the domestic level are constantly getting ignored by the national selectors. It now remains to be seen what will be the roadmap prepared by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the national selection committee unanimously with an eye on the next year’s 50-overs World Cup at home.

    India have failed to win a major ICC tournament after the 2013 Champions Trophy and since then, they have made the semis and finals of the marquee competitions where they eventually ran out of fire and brimstone during crucial matches.

     



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  • IPL 2023: Michael Hussey names ‘the next MS Dhoni’ of Chennai Super Kings

    IPL 2023: Michael Hussey names ‘the next MS Dhoni’ of Chennai Super Kings

    Chennai Super Kings (CSK) had a terrible campaign in the last edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Yellow Army could only register 4 victories and finished the season in ninth place in the team standings.

    Notably, CSK had won the 2021 edition of the cash-rich league, and the defending champions were expected to do well in 2022, but the Super Kings failed to replicate their success. Ahead of the start of the IPL 2022, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was handed over the captaincy. However, Jadeja didn’t have a fruitful time as the skipper, and he relinquished the post, giving it back to MS Dhoni.

    Since Dhoni is on the brink of retirement from IPL, the Super Kings will be looking to find a suitable candidate to lead the side in future. While the search for the next captain of CSK will continue, former Australian cricketer and CSK’s batting coach Michael Hussey has picked his choice, who can take over the role from Dhoni. Hussey reckoned that the Super Kings could fancy handing over the captaincy to youngster Ruturaj Gaikwad.

    Hussey reckoned that, like MSD, Ruturaj is also very calm and handles the pressure really well. The Aussie observed that Ruturaj has some incredible leadership qualities, and people are also drawn towards him because of his nature.

    “He obviously watches Dhoni very closely. And the other impressive thing about him is he picks up things that other players don’t pick up that quickly. He is a self-made cricketer, and obviously, you need help along the way, and he is quite good at picking up new things from other players,” said Hussey, as quoted by The Indian Express.

    “I’m not sure what the plans for the future at CSK, but like Dhoni, he is very calm. He is actually very calm when it comes to handling pressure like Dhoni, and he is a very good reader of the game, and as I said earlier, he is very observant, and I think people are drawn to him because of his nature, character and personality, and they like being around him. He has got some excellent leadership qualities,” added Hussey.

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  • Aussie legend Glenn McGrath opens up on Pat Cummins’ decision to skip IPL 2023

    Aussie legend Glenn McGrath opens up on Pat Cummins’ decision to skip IPL 2023

    Legendary Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath has shared his take over Aussie Test skipper Pat Cummins’ decision to skip the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Ahead of the IPL franchises retention/released players list submission deadline, Cummins, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for INR 7.25 crore at the mega-auction in February this year, had announced his decision to opt-out of IPL 2023 citing a hectic international schedule, including Ashes and ODI World Cup.

    “I’ve made the difficult decision to miss next years IPL. The international schedule is packed with Tests and ODI’s for the next 12 months, so will take some rest ahead of an Ashes series and World Cup. Thanks so much to @KKRiders for their understanding. Such a terrific team of players and staff, and I hope I can get back there ASAP,” Cummins had tweeted.

    Reacting to Cummins’ decision, former Australian fast bowler McGrath has come out to extend his support to the New South Wales cricketer. McGrath felt that fast bowlers should take a rest to balance out things and give preference to representing the national side.

    “Cummo has come out and said he’s not going to the next IPL. That’s where you have your offseason, get strong and get through the next season. If you don’t do that, you’re a car that never refuels. Sooner or later, you’re going to run out. Fast bowlers need to have a bit of an offseason because bowling and running depletes your strength,” said McGrath while speaking to AAP.

    “You don’t want to devalue the Big Bash, but you have to weigh up what is important. Playing for Australia should still be the be-all and end-all. Test cricket is still the ultimate,” the 52-year-old added.

    Cummins has so far played 42 matches in the lucrative league, picking up 45 wickets at an average of 30.16 and an economy of 8.54, with 4/34 being his best performance.



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