Lucknow: Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 is now slowly moving towards its end. Now the dates of the playoff matches are coming out but before that some teams have suffered big setbacks. Actually, the England Cricket Board (ECB) has called back its players for national duty. In such a situation, all the teams have suffered a big blow because their main players have returned. Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) are included in this series.
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Actually, Rajasthan's opening batsman Jos Buttler has returned to his country. Apart from him, Will Jacques and fast bowler Reece Topley have also returned to England for RCB. In such a situation, this is a big blow for both these teams because Butler is a very important player for RR and their team has almost qualified for the playoffs. His ouster is a big blow for Rajasthan. Butler has single-handedly led the Royals to victory in some matches this season but now the team is definitely going to miss him.
Jacques was performing well with the bat for RCB and scored a century during a match played against Gujarat Titans. In this match, he hit 4 sixes in one over against star spinner Rashid Khan and Bengaluru achieved the target of close to 200 runs in 16 overs. In this match, Will played an unbeaten inning of 101 runs on 41 balls and the amazing thing is that he completed his first fifty in 31 balls and he scored the next 50 runs in 10 balls.
Topley was not given a chance in many matches due to the team combination, while when he got opportunities, he could not perform well. Actually, all the players of England are returning to their home country because of international cricket. The main reason for this is that they have to play a 4-match T20I series against Pakistan before the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. The first match of this series will be played in Leeds on 22 May.
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