Mitchell Starc (L) and Mitchell Marsh in action© X (Twitter)
According to a media report, Australian players who return home after the suspension of IPL and do not want to return to India for the rest of the high -profile tournament will receive support from Cricket Australia. All Australian players in various IPL teams have already reached the home. Among the coaching staff, some former players, such as Ricky Ponting and Brad Haddin, are still in India. Other coaches, including Justin Langer and Mike Hussey, returned because of the border tensions between India and Pakistan. However, IPL may be asked to return from the players as IPL is set to continue this week after the Armistice is announced on Saturday.
‘Sydney Morning Herald’, “Sarked Australian players will be defended by Cricket Australia if they refuse to return to the Premier League India for security reasons.”
“Fear and anxiety remained widespread emotions among Australian players … All Ricky Ponting and Brad Haddin still left the IPL home among the coaching staff in India.” Not only the security problems, but also the players are concerned about the possibility of “return to the tournament and then choose to be if they are frozen from IPL’s future pressures”.
The report said in this light … CA will defend the right to make their own calls to return to IPL according to the situation, and the decision of their decisions should not be kept against them for the future. ” He said.
In the report, there is a tight cricket calendar problem and IPL said that if all Australian players will require fresh “no objection” certificate to return, if all Australian players continue beyond the planned May 24th.
Test players such as Travis Head, Mitchell Starc, Captain Pat Cummins and other fast bowling player Josh Hazlewood will spend a few days before the World Test Championship against South Africa in Lord’s before flying to England before the Final.
This match will immediately watch three test rounds of the West Indian Islands.
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