Livingstone to overlook Punjab Kings’ IPL opener

England’s power-hitter Liam Livingstone will miss Punjab Kings’ opening sport of IPL 2023 as he’s but to get a health clearance from the ECB after recovering from a knee harm he suffered in December.

Kings open their IPL marketing campaign towards Kolkata Knight Riders in Mohali on April 1.

Livingstone, who’s a key member of the Kings squad for his all-round talents, has not performed aggressive cricket since choosing up the knee harm on his Test debut in Pakistan.

He had additionally suffered an ankle harm in the course of the Hundred competitors at dwelling final 12 months.

“He is out of the first game at least as the ECB is conducting scans to determine his fitness status,” an IPL supply informed PTI. “He should be available from the second game onwards.” Kings’ second sport is towards Rajasthan Royals on April 5 in Guwahati.

Having spent round every week in Dubai on Lancashire’s pre-season tour, Livingstone was at Old Trafford on Wednesday and even posted a video on social media the place he’s seen batting within the indoor nets.

Last 12 months, Livingstone had a powerful IPL season as he amassed 437 runs in 14 video games at a median of 36.41 and a strike price of 182.08. He had additionally picked up six wickets along with his combination of offbreaks and legbreaks in 2022, when Kings completed sixth for the fourth season in a row.

With Jonny Bairstow additionally dominated out of the event, this leaves Sam Curran, the highest-paid participant in IPL historical past, as the one England participant to have joined the Kings squad.

Besides Livingstone, Kings may even miss Kagiso Rabada of their opening sport due to nationwide duties. Rabada is predicted to achieve India on April 3, two days forward of the away sport towards Royals.

Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com

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