Jofra Archer Breaks Silence On Playing For Mumbai Indians In Tata IPL 2022

Ever since the mega auction last month, the biggest question for Mumbai Indians fans has been over the availability of England pace sensation Jofra Archer for the impending 2022 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a recent interview with the franchise, Archer broke his silence and confirmed that he is available for selection.

On the second day of the IPL mega auction, Archer was roped in for an INR 8 crore contract. This decision was widely hailed by fans and analysts of the game who were left excited over the bowling combination of two white-ball stalwarts Archer and Jasprit Bumrah.

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Archer clarified in a recent interview that he will only be able to join the franchise for Season 16 as he continues to recover from his elbow injury.

“As it stands, it was always going to be next year. But I think I have progressed a bit faster than we all thought we would have which is still good but it’s still gonna be next year. I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up too high. I don’t want to disappoint anyone. So I’m going to say next year,” he said. 

Archer has been out of action for almost a year now. He was slated to make a comeback in the West Indies Test series but had to go under the knife for the second time in December last year for his recurring stress fracture in his elbow.

Archer was not included in the IPL’s 2022 or 2024 squads and it was earlier revealed by IPL chief operating officer Hemang Amin.

Amin has informed the franchises that Jofra Archer will be auctioned off in order to have a chance of participating in the 2020 and 2021 IPL seasons. It is unlikely that Archer will be able to participate in 2022 due to his current injury.

The player’s name has been included in the auction list, but he won’t feature in the marquee or other sets to be presented. He will be available to be called during the accelerated auction and whoever picks him will not get a replacement player for his place as he is already injured and unlikely to participate in IPL 2022 season.

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