In what may be a major blow to a few IPL franchises, Britain stars Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan have supposedly pulled out of the rescheduled 2nd leg of the cash-rich league.
Stage 2 of the 14th season of the IPL will take put within the United Arab Emirates between September 19-October15. The IPL-bound English players will be traveling with Indian cricketers. From the United Kingdom before long but it appears like Bairstow, Woakes, and Malan will not be a part of the contingent.
Therefore, Bairstow is an integral part of the SunRisers Hyderabad. At the best of the arrange whereas Chris Woakes and Dawid Malan are part of Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings respectively.
In the event that reports of the trio not traveling to the UAE for IPL 2021. That turns out to be true, then they will connect compatriots Ben Stirs, Jos Buttler, and Jofra Archer who have pulled out of the 14th season.
Thus, Reports of Bairstow, Malan, and Woakes pulling out of the 2nd phase of IPL 2021 come hot on the heels of the cancelation of the fifth and last Test between India and England at Old Trafford in Manchester.
Ravi Shastri
However, After head coach Ravi Shastri, bowling coach Bharat Arun, handling coach R. Sridhar and physio Nitin Patel tried positive. Junior physio Yogesh Parmar moreover returned positive for COVID-19 on the eve of the Ancient Trafford Test.
That left the Indian team with a physio and with a plethora of players being in near contact. With Parmar, the cricketers were allegedly in a deep state of anxiety. The players returned negative tests but by that point, the fear and anxiety of possibly testing positive after the hatching period had as of now set in.
The Test match was eventually canceled a number of hours before the planned begin of play. In the event that reports in ‘The Sun’ are to be accepted, the feeling within the English camp is that the Indian players were capable of the outbreak.
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