IPL franchises mull complaining to BCCI as they are unhappy with England's players’ pull-outs
IPL team franchises have been left disgruntled by the fact that the majority of English players have started to ditch IPL 2024. With mere days remaining, the English stars have started to pull out of the tournament, much to the dismay of the teams. The Three Lions players are citing personal reasons for workload management heading into the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup.
Be it Ben Stokes, Jason Roy, or Harry Brook, all of the English stars have shied away from IPL 2024. Ben Stokes made it clear ahead of the IPL auction that he wants to rest and will prioritize the T20 World Cup. As for Brook, he missed the IND vs. ENG 5 match Test series citing personal reasons.
Ahead of the start of the IPL, with English players pulling out, teams are pondering the idea of complaining to the BCCI. Last week, as India took on England for the 5th Test in Dharamshala, the BCCI officials spoke with the ECB officials regarding the same. The topic of discussion? is, of course, English players pulling out of the league.
The IPL teams are frustrated with the English star pulling out of the mega tournament at the last moment. The ECB is keen on workload management ahead of the T20 World Cup. Conversely, it is also a concern that if the English players don’t remain in match condition ahead of the mega tournament, this mega move can go back to bite them in the back.