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Australia coach Justin Langer stated Australia should allow its top players like Steve Smith and Pat Cummins to play in the IPL, even if it means they may miss the beginning of the home season.
Pat Cummins and Steve Smith. (Reuters Photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- Australia are slated to tour England for limited-overs sequence in September
- I believe now we have to go to England: Australia coach Justin Langer
- Australia should allow its top players like Steve Smith and Pat Cummins to play in IPL: Langer
Australia should tour England for the “health of world cricket” and let its top players compete in this 12 months’s Indian Premier League (IPL) if it goes forward, coach Justin Langer has stated.
Australia are slated to tour England for limited-overs sequence in September regardless of the logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think we have to go to England. There are lots of challenges, of course, but we have to find solutions to make sure that can happen if possible,” Langer stated in feedback printed by the Daily Telegraph on Thursday.
“That’s my view. I think for the health of world cricket.
“If issues uncontrolled occur and we will’t find yourself going, at the very least we will say we’ve accomplished every part in our energy to make it occur.”
After a 117-day hiatus, international cricket returned on Wednesday as England and West Indies played a rain-hit opening day in Southampton in the first of three tests.
However, much of the global schedule remains up in the air due to COVID-19 including the Twenty20 World Cup, due to start in Australia in October, and the IPL, which has been delayed for months.
The T20 World Cup is expected to be postponed due to the challenges of hosting 16 international teams amid the pandemic, and the Indian board hopes to use that window for the IPL.
With India having committed to touring for a four-test series in the Australian summer, Langer said Australia should allow its top players like Steve Smith and Pat Cummins to play in the IPL, even if it means they might miss the start of the domestic season.
“I believe now we have to. Talking frankly,” Langer stated.
“I’ll always look for win-win situations and hopefully we do that when we get some clarity on what’s happening with the schedule.”
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