ECB to support Jofra Archer if pacer wishes to skip India Tests for T20 World Cup
Cricket | May 28, 2021 14:16 ISTGiles is confident that Archer will return to his peak following surgery and recuperation.
Giles is confident that Archer will return to his peak following surgery and recuperation.
England play New Zealand in two Test matches beginning June 2, which Archer will surely miss. They then play India in a five-match Test series that begins on August 4.
Archer had to pull out of the Indian Premier League because of the elbow injury and then felt pain in the same area bowling for Sussex in an English County Championship match last week.
Archer, 26, had earlier been ruled out of the early matches of the IPL due to an elbow injury.
ECB is however yet to take a decision on when Jofra Archer is due to return to playing
Archer, who played with a hand injury during the India series, is currently recuperating from a surgery and the duration of his availability during the later part is still not clear.
Nasreen later deleted her tweet and defended her post saying that she was only being sarcastic.
Archer, who plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, had surgery to remove a fragment of glass from the middle finger on his right hand on Monday.
In a major blow to the Royals' campaign, pace spearhead Archer was ruled out of the first half of the tournament due to an elbow injury he suffered during the recently concluded England’s tour of India.
The injury happened in January at his home and was managed by England during the recently-concluded India-England series.
Archer played in two Test matches and five T20 Internationals against India before returning home a few days ago after the completion of the shortest format.
The 25-year-old Archer was omitted from the squad of the ODI series beginning here on Tuesday due to a worsening elbow injury.
IPL 2021 will begin from April 9 in Chennai with Rajasthan Royals beginning their campaign in the 14th season against Punjab Kings on April 12 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
England captain Eoin Morgan on Saturday had revealed that Archer was likely to pull out of the ODI series and the ensuing IPL as the star pacer's elbow injury has worsened.
An RR official told ANI that a decision will be taken on Archer after getting details of his recurring elbow injury.
With the IPL slated to begin from April 9, it's unlikely that the Rajasthan Royals pacer, who was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the 2020 edition, would be available for at least the first half.
Archer led England's bowling attack with three for 23 runs as they restricted India to 124 for 7 in 20 overs.
Invited to bat, India were reduced to 20 for three in 5 overs but Shreyas Iyer scored a 48-ball 67 under pressure to pull the hosts out of trouble.
The first T20I against England also marked Pant's return to the white-ball squad.
Rishabh Pant premeditated the shot and hit it over the third man for six in the first T20I against England.
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