- There was a recent climb of hostility between India and Pakistan
- The Indian Premier League was suspended for a week in the middle of growing tensions
- 10 English stars, including Jofra Archer and Jos Buttler, played in IPL
England players at the Premier Indian League will start to go home today after the tournament suspension for a week due to a climbing of hostility between India and Pakistan.
Mail Sport understands that some of the 10 English cricket players – whose number includes Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Jacob Bethell and Phil Salt – had to be on the way to the United Kingdom as of this afternoon after the decision to stop the season with 12 games of its group phase to play.
“ The decision was taken by the IPL governance council after a consultation due with all key stakeholders following representations of most franchises, who transmitted the concern and feelings of their players, as well as the views of the diffuser, sponsors and fans ” read a declaration of the IPL.
“Other updates concerning the new calendar and the new places in the tournament will be announced in time after a full assessment of the situation in consultation with the authorities and the stakeholders concerned.”
The IPL final is currently scheduled for May 25, but to give things seven days will send it in June, and it is uncertain at this stage if all players abroad will return.
However, a spokesperson for the ECB said this morning that they were still expecting the five tests of India here from next month “going forward as expected”.
The stars of England at IPL will begin to go home today after the tournament suspension
Mail Sport understands that some of the 10 English representatives will go home
The tournament was suspended for a week in the middle of growing tensions between India and Pakistan
India players are expected to arrive here in the second week of June and play a warm -up match against India A in Beckenham – of which dates are not yet confirmed – before the series sets off in Headingley on June 20.
The Cricket Control Council in India made the decision to postpone increased cross -border tensions with Pakistan.
Thursday’s match between the kings of Punjab and the capitals of Delhi in Dharamsala was abandoned halfway in the first sleeves following a failure of the projection.
He follows the change in the Pakistani Super League in progress to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.
