England Players available for complete IPL 2022, confirm BCCI: In a big development for the IPL franchises, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has provided an update on the availability of the England players for the fifteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The IPL franchises were constantly concerned about the uncertainty in IPL bound England cricketers availability for the upcoming IPL 2022. The doubt got intense following England’s dispiriting performance in the recently concluded Ashes 2021-22 and several former England cricketers blamed IPL for England’s debacle in the Tests.
However, sideling all the rumours, the BCCI, on Tuesday, confirmed that all the England players will be available for the full-fledged IPL 2022.
“After the IPL, the ECB is committed to starting the 1st WTC Test Match v New Zealand on 2 June, 2022. The player availability for all the ECB players will be through to Sunday, 29 May, 2022 (sic),” the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed the franchises ahead of the mega-auction.
The mega auction of the IPL 2022 is scheduled to be held on 12th and 13th February in Bangaluru.
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As many as 24 England based cricketers have signed up for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Moeen Ali and Jos Buttler are two cricketers who were retained by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) respectively.
Eoin Morgan, Jason Roy, Jonny Bairstow, Jofra Archer, Dawid Malan and Liam Livingstone are a few marquee players from England who will go under the auction hammer on 12th and 13th February.
As per the reports, the tentative date for the start of the IPL 2022 is March 28 while the final of the lucrative IPL 2022 will be held on May 29.
Meanwhile, Cricket Australia (CA) is yet to give clearance to the Aussie cricketers to take part in the IPL. The experts believe CA would soon grant No Objection Certificate (NOC) to its IPL bound cricketers.
A few reports earlier indicated that the Australian cricketers will leave Pakistan tour midway to take part in the IPL. Australia tour of Pakistan for three Test, three ODI and a single T20I will commence on March 4.
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