Sam Curran in action for Punjab Kings©AFP
The IPL 2024 playoffs will not have any English cricketers competing who are part of the 2024 World Cup T20 squad as they have been called up by the England Cricket Board (ECB) for a training camp ahead of the competition. As a result, players like Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals), Phil Salt (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Will Jacks (Royal Challengers Bengaluru) will no longer be part of the competition despite the fact that all their teams are in the race. for the playoffs. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan took to social media to express his feelings regarding the development and delivered a brutal message to the departing players. “Either be available for the full season or don’t come!” he posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals slumped to a 5-wicket defeat against Punjab Kings, with Sam Curran producing a brilliant all-round performance.
RR captain Sanju Samson spoke about the defeat.
“We needed a few more runs. I think we were 10-15 runs short. It was kind of a 160 wicket. We would have easily got more than 160 (if we had played better), that’s where we lost the game. It would have been nice to have one more option bowling, I’m getting used to five quality players. We have to sit down and accept that we are experiencing failures, we have lost four games in a row.
“We need to figure out what’s not working for us as a team. Someone needs to step up, we have so many game winners in the team. I thought 160-170 would have been a good score. We are not used to playing on such wickets this season where over 200 totals are being scored easily. We had to play smart cricket and build those partnerships today. way (in the next games)”, said Samson after the match.
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