‘I’d Love For Him To Save All His Energy For Australia’ Pat Cummins Worried About Australian All-Rounder’s IPL Participation

IPL 2023: The recently-concluded retention event of the Indian Premier League turned out to be a blockbuster, as multiple extensive and shocking developments emerged from the same. The retention event provided a fitting build-up to the upcoming mini-auction. The auction ahead of IPL 2023 will occur in a two-day brief window (December 23-24), with Kochi being the host.

The mini-auction certainly promises to be a thriller as multiple renowned players from across the globe will be seen participating. The list includes the likes of Sam Curran, Ben Stokes, Cameron Green, and multiple others. While players like Kane Williamson or Mayank Agarwal, who were released by their respective franchises, too, will remain in high demand.

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Here’s how the 🔟 teams stack up ahead of the upcoming #TATAIPL auction 👌 pic.twitter.com/5ckns3Bf0H

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Captain Cummins opens up on Green’s potential IPL participation!

Meanwhile, newly-appointed Australia ODI skipper Pat Cummins broke his silence on emerging all-rounder Cameron Green’s potential participation in the exact event. Cummins confirmed that the management would ideally want Green to not feature in the Indian Premier League, considering the massive workload, however, they will not hamper his participation.

Cameron Green has emerged as Australia’s top all-rounder across formats in the last few months. Green has consistently contributed to the team since the three-match T20I against India, which occurred back in September. Being efficient both with the bat and ball, The right-hander is likely to receive mammoth bids in the upcoming IPL auction. The experts further anticipate that Green will be the highest-paid Cricketer in the mega event.

Jos Buttler talking about potential IPL contract of Cameron Green while he was batting in first ODI.pic.twitter.com/e4P8C5gsyD

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“Yeah potentially (Green will enter his name in the IPL auction). We’ll wait and see, I think the auction is a little while away. Selfishly as a captain, I would love for him to save all of his energy for Australia. But how can you tell someone to say no to that kind of opportunity?” said Pat Cummins on Cameron Green’s IPL participation

“I’ have made the difficult decision to miss next year’s IPL. The international schedule is packed with Tests and ODI’s for the next 12 months, so will take some rest ahead of an Ashes series and World Cup” Cummins further added speaking to SEN radio