The Australian Cricket Team has been dealt another major blow as their star bowler Jhye Richardson has been ruled out of the ODI series against India starting on 17 March. He is also doubtful about the Indian Premier League slated to take place on 31 March 2023.

Jhye Richardson was included in the 17-member ODI squad to face India but due to a hamstring injury, the pace bowler has been ruled out of the series. It will be a major blow for Australia as they would be looking to gain good practice ahead of the 2023 World Cup to be played in India.

Richardson did not play any cricket since his hamstring injury on January 4. He did not feature in Perth Scorchers’ victorious run and did not feature in the Marsh Cup or Sheffield tournament. He returned to competitive cricket on Saturday playing for Fremantle against Waneroo in 50 over the game, where he was supposed to make his domestic return before the Marsh Cup final before going to India.

He only bowled 4 overs in the match and picked 3 wickets for 5 runs before leaving the field and heading for a scan. Nathan Ellis has been named as a replacement for Jhye Richardson. Australia will take on India in 3 match ODI series starting on 17 March in Mumbai. They would be looking for decent preparations ahead of the World Cup 2023.

The rest of the squad remains the same as Pat Cummins and Co would be looking to give a tough fight to the Indian side.

Here we look at the updated Australian ODI squad:

Pat Cummins (c), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Nathan Ellis, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, David Warner, Adam Zampa.

Jhye Richardson doubtful for IPL 2023 

Mumbai Indians would be in big trouble as Jhye Richardson could be ruled out of IPL 2023. With Bumrah ruled out of the tournament, it will be a major blow for the MI squad if Jhye will not feature for the five-time champion.

Jhye Richardson was bought by the MI squad for a base price of 1.50 Crore at the auction. He played only 3 matches for the Punjab Kings in the 2021 edition of IPL. During his stint with PBKS, he grabbed 3 wickets from 3 encounters at an economy of 10.63 runs per over.

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IPL 2021 UAE leg will be played from September 19 to October 15 with all the teams resuming their campaign. 31 matches will be played over 27 days including the playoffs and the big final. 13 matches will be played in Dubai, 10 in Abu Dhabi and 8 in Sharjah. Almost all the teams have reached the UAE and started their preparations as well. Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians will play the first match of the second half to get the campaign started. 

Meanwhile, in this article, we will take a look at the players who have pulled out of the second half of IPL 2021.

Players Who Have Pulled Out Of Second Half Of IPL 2021

Jos Buttler

Jos Buttler has pulled out of the second half of the season due to the birth of his second child. Buttler went onto say that he might also skip the Ashes series after IPL 2021 to give time to his family.

“One of the challenges is working out where the line is where you say I can’t do that. I’ve sacrificed a lot for cricket and my wife and family have sacrificed a lot,” Buttler told The Times newspaper.

He further said that due to the tough bubble life that the COVID regulations demand at the moment, he thought of skipping that too given that playing the IPL and the Ashes would force him to stay away from his family for four months. 

Pat Cummins

Like Buttler, Pat Cummins will also skip the remaining IPL season due to family reasons. His wife is also expecting the birth of their first child and Cummins wants to be beside his wife during this time. The Australian pacer confirmed his unavailability for the UAE leg in a Youtube session. He took nine wickets from seven games in the first half of the season. 

Azam Zampa

The leg spinner was due to play for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2021. He did not play the first half and will skip the second half as well. Zampa has confirmed to the franchise that he will be unavailable for the remaining season after which Royal Challengers Bangalore signed Wanindu Hasaranga as his replacement. 

Riley Meredith & Jhye Richardson

The Punjab Kings pacers have opted out of IPL 2021 just before the squad for the UAE leg was announced. The report was confirmed by Insidesport.

Both Richardson and Meredith were roped in by Punjab for a hefty amount of money. Richardson was roped in for 16 crores while Meredith costed the franchise 8 crores. As a replacement of them, the Punjab Kings (PBKS) franchise have roped in Nathan Elis. Meredith picked up 4 wickets in 5 games, Richardson scalped 3 wickets in 3 matches.

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Kings XI Punjab made their first big buy in the IPL 2021 auction by buying Australian pacer Jhye Richardson for 14 crores. Dawid Malan was their first buy of the auction earlier in the day.

Dawid Malan was sold for his base price of 1.50 Crores to Kings XI Punjab. 

Meanwhile, Indian all-rounder Shivam Dube was roped in by Rajasthan Royals for 4.40 crores. Lik Moeen Ali and Chris Morris, Dube was released by RCB ahead of the IPL 2021 auctions and now the other franchisees have benefitted from it.

Jhye Richardson to Kings Punjab For Whopping 14 Crores

Did you folks see this coming?
Massive buy from @PunjabKingsIPL @Vivo_India #IPLAuction pic.twitter.com/MUTQcevC53

— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 18, 2021

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