Jofra Archer to miss IPL 2021 due to a worsening elbow injury?

2008 IPL champions Rajasthan Royals have been dealt with a big blow ahead of IPL 2021, as speculations are ...

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: March 21, 2021 01:00 PM2021-03-21T13:00:00+5:302021-03-21T13:00:00+5:30

Jofra Archer to miss IPL 2021 due to a worsening elbow injury? | Jofra Archer to miss IPL 2021 due to a worsening elbow injury?

Jofra Archer to miss IPL 2021 due to a worsening elbow injury?

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2008 IPL champions Rajasthan Royals have been dealt with a big blow ahead of IPL 2021, as speculations are rife that Jofra Archer will be missing the upcoming IPL due to a injury. As per The Telegraph, Archer will be skipping the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), where he is slated to represent Rajasthan Royals. Archer is nursing an elbow issue since the start of 2020. The elbow problem had also ruled him out of IPL 13 and he was only able to participate in the tournament after it got delayed to September due to COVID-19. As per the report, Archer will have another injection in his elbow after the ongoing T20I series against India. Speaking on the issue, England's white ball leader, Eoin Morgan said, "He has clearly had a progressive injury that has become worse and does need attention, so it will be over to our medical team to make a decision and I hope that the decision that Jofra comes to will be the best for us in the long term."
The right-arm pacer is reportedly playing with pain as he wasn't even in contention to play the T20Is on the eve of the series-opener.

Archer, who was fast-tracked into the national squad before the 2019 World Cup, had missed two Tests against India due to the same issue. England's frontline pacer since his debut, Archer has 30 wickets in 17 ODIs and 14 in 11 T20Is. In 13 Tests, the 25-year-old has dismissed 42 batsmen. Archer's absence will come as a big blow for Rajasthan Royals as he has been their lead pacer right since his debut. He scalped 15 wickets in IPL 2018 and followed up with 11 scalps next year. In IPL 2020, he scalped 20 wickets in 14 matches. Archer bowled under an economy rate of 7 in the past two seasons. Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Kartik Tyagi, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Kuldip Yadav and Akash Singh are other pacers in RR's squad.

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