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England players ready to skip the New Zealand Test for IPL

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England coach, Chris Silverwood has confirmed that England players who are part of the Indian Premier League will be available for the full season. If that’s the case, several English players might miss England’s first Test against New Zealand which starts on June 2. 

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The BCCI yesterday announced the dates for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League, with the tournament starting from April 9 and concluding on May 30. If any of the team having England Test regulars reach the playoffs, then the players would have to choose between one of IPL or the New Zealand series. However, Silverwood made it clear that players will prefer the Indian Premier League over the national commitments.

“They will be staying for the whole IPL as it stands at the moment. We'll be looking at the New Zealand Test series, working our way back and seeing what preparation time we need. We haven't done that at this time, but it's something we will be doing."

This will be the first time that the English players will be available for the full season of the IPL. Earlier, they used to miss some part of the tournament due to international fixtures. As many as 13 England players including the likes of Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Chris Woakes, Liam Livingstone, Tom Curran, Dawid Malan, WSam Billings and Chris Jordan will grace the field in the T20 extravaganza.

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Here is how the full squad looks after the IPL auction.

Mumbai Indians

Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan

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Players purchased : Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Milne, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen Arjun Tendulkar

 Sunrisers Hyderabad

 Retained players: David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad

Players Purchased: Jagadeesha Suchith, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb ur Rahman

 Royal Challenger Bangalore

Retained players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Md. Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson

 Players Purchased:  Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, KS Bharat, Suyash Prabhudesai

 Chennai Super Kings

Retained players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore

Players Purchased: Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagat Varma, Hari Nishant

 Rajasthan Royals

 Retained players: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye

Purchased Players : Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Kariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Aakash Singh

Delhi Capitals

 Retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Daniel Sams, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes

Purchased Players : Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings

 Punjab Kings

Retained players: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh

Players Purchased: Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Dawid Malan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allen, Saurabh Kumar

 Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained players: Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim SeifertLive TV

Players Purchased: Shakib al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, karun Nair, Harbhajan Singh, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi

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