Lucknow: Star all-rounder Liam Livingstone, who played for Punjab Kings (PBKS) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, has left India and returned to his country. He himself has given this information. Let us tell you that Livingstone has failed to perform well with bat and ball this season and has been battling injuries this year. Now he has returned home to recover from his knee injury and has made an emotional post on this.
Actually, this is not the first time that Liam is struggling with injury, he has been troubled by this problem for the last two years. He played his last match in IPL 2024 on May 9 against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. Punjab had to face defeat in this match. Now he has returned to his country and during this time shared a post with a picture on his official Instagram account.
He wrote, “Another year of IPL has ended for me. Keeping in mind the upcoming World Cup, I had to get treatment for my knee injury. Thank you very much for the love that the Punjab Kings supporters have shown during this period. A disappointing season as a team but individually but as always, this time too I enjoyed every minute of playing in the IPL.”
Let us tell you that keeping in mind the ICC T-20 World Cup 2024, the England Cricket Board (ECB) has instructed its players to return to the country before the end of appeal 2024. Actually, just before the World Cup, the English team has to play a 4-match T20I series against Pakistan. This series will start from May 22, due to which the players currently participating in the IPL will gradually return to their country. This includes the names of Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Will Jacques, Phil Salt and Reece Topley.