New Delhi | Australia, England players reportedly ruled out of IPL This is because international matches take place at the same time as the IPL. The IPL starts on March 27. The play-offs will be the last week of May.
Australia’s tour of Pakistan starts on March 29. It will end on April 5. Therefore, the players involved in this tour will not be able to play in the first matches of the IPL.
The England players will miss the final matches of the IPL. England’s Test series once morest New Zealand starts on June 2. The IPL knockout matches are expected to be played in the last week of May. The England players will have to return home in the last week of May for the Test once morest the Kiwis. There is a situation where players including Joe Root and Ben Stokes are not ready to register their names in the IPL auction.
