Australia tour England from September 4-16 in a 3 T20Is and 3 ODI series. This tour ends 3 days before the start of the IPL 2020 in the UAE on September 19th.
A number of English and Australian players will miss two or three games as they will have to undergo a week’s isolation and testing before they can join their teams.
With Australia’s tour of England ending on Sep 16, IPL’s biggest stars will only be able to play in the IPL from Sep 26th.
A total of 29 players from England and Australia are part of the 8 IPL squads that are scheduled to start arriving in the UAE from next week.
Some of the star players include Rajasthan Royals captain Steve Smith, Sunrisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner and Cummins of the Kolkata Knight Riders – the most expensive foreign player for the 2020 season with a $2.17 million fee.
In CSK
Australian paceman Josh Hazlewood
England’s Sam Curran
The Royals appear to be most affected with England stars Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler and Tom Curran in their team, along with Smith and fellow Australian Andrew Tye.
Here’s the team-wise list of players who will miss the first few matches of IPL 2020:
Players who will not be part of the England & Australia squads will reach on time for IPL 2020:
CSK : Shane Watson
KKR : Green, Gurney
SRH : Stanlake
MI : Coulter -Nile, Chriss Lynn
According to IPL Moneyball, after India, Australian cricketers are due to earn the most from IPL 2020. 17 Australian cricketers will be taking home 86.7Cr this edition. 11 top class cricketers from England will be earning 43.8 Cr overall from the 13th edition of IPL.
