New Delhi. Before the match against Punjab Kings, the Lucknow Supergiants team suffered a major blow when fast bowler David Willey withdrew his name from the IPL. Overall, till now 5 players of England have been out of IPL 2024. Of these, 5 withdrew their names due to personal reasons and 2 were called back by the England Cricket Board to manage the work load.
Before the Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL 2024) tournament, Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a big setback. When explosive opener Jason Roy withdrew his name from the tournament due to personal reasons. KKR again included England’s Phil Salt in the team. Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Harry Brook’s grandmother passed away last month. For this reason he decided not to play in IPL 2024. David Willey also withdrew his name due to personal reasons.
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Apart from these three, Mark Wood and Gut Gus Atkinson were also the players who had to be ruled out of IPL 2024. Both these players were called back by the England Cricket Board to manage the work load. In this way, a total of 5 cricketers from England have been out of IPL 2024 so far. Lucknow Super Giants had included a West Indies player in the team in place of Mark Wood. At the same time, in place of Gus Atkinson, Lucknow included Dushmantha Chameera in the team.
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Tags: IPL 2024, Jason Roy, Mark Wood
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 30, 2024, 16:19 IST