Josh Hazlewood is set to miss at least part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season after his coach revealed the Australian fast bowler is expecting his first child.
Many cricket fans were surprised to see Hazlewood was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore over the weekend ahead of next month’s IPL auction.
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It means Australia’s fast bowling trio of Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are all without teams and on the market for next year’s T20 tournament.
Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Andy Fowler explained the decision to release Hazlewood.
“I’ve just come off the phone with Josh,” he said.
“He, very pleasingly, has a baby on the way, due at the end of March. So Josh won’t be with us, certainly not for the first half of the season.”
Meanwhile, Cameron Green has been traded from the Mumbai Indians to the Royal Challengers in an all-cash deal believed to be worth A$3.1 million.
The 24-year-old all-rounder is expected to join Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell at RCB next season after Mumbai traded him to give them a bigger purse for the auction.
Green was picked up by Mumbai for more than $3 million last season and scored 452 runs at an average of 50.22 with a strike rate of 160.28 including a maiden century to book his side’s spot in the finals.
Elsewhere, England’s Jofra Archer has been released by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the auction and Sunrisers Hyderabad parted ways with England batsman Harry Brook.
Gujarat Titans have kept Indian power hitter Hardik Pandya on the list of retained players despite reports the all-rounder will move to his former franchise Mumbai.
England stars Ben Stokes and Joe Root have been released by their teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals after the two pulled out of the 2024 season.
Pandya stays on with Gujarat, but according to reports could move to Mumbai in the trading window open till December 12.
Archer’s release remained the most surprising since five-time champions Mumbai got the pacemanin the 2022 season for $1.06 million despite his unavailability due to an elbow injury.
The 28-year-old Archer returned to the team last year only to play five matches and take two wickets before being ruled out to injury.
The IPL Auction will take place in Dubai on December 19.
With AFP
PLAYERS RETAINED AND RELEASED BY EACH IPL TEAM
Chennai Super Kings
Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Ajay Mandal, Shaik Rasheed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki.
Released: Ambati Rayudu (retired), Ben Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, Dwaine Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner (c, 2023), Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull.
Released: Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg
Gujarat Titans
Retained: Hardik Pandya (c), Rashid Khan, David Miller, Shubman Gill, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Released: Dasun Shanaka, Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Ravi Bishnoi, Krunal Pandya, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav
Released: Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Arpit Guleria, Suyash Shedge
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma (c), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Romario Shepherd, Jason Behrendorff
Released: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana (c, 2023), Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell,Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Released: Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles
Punjab Kings
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Sikandar Raza, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide
Released: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Bawa
Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Donovan Ferreira, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Kunal Rathore
Released: Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Abdul Basith, Kuldip Yadav, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, Akash Vashisht, KM Asif
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj, Will Jacks, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
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Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Aiden Markram (c), Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Phillips, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh
Released: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma
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