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Harry Brook has re-opened the door for future IPL participation, regardless of singing the ‘England first’ track for the previous few months.
England captain Harry Brook
England males’s white-ball captain Harry Brook has re-opened the gate for future participation within the IPL, after months of claiming he would prioritise solely nationwide cricket and the Hundred. Brook on Thursday mentioned that whereas that was nonetheless true, the Indian league was a ‘nice competitors’ which makes gamers higher, earlier than including that he would ‘positively take into consideration’ placing his title again within the ring sooner or later.
Brook has been banned from the IPL till 2027 below BCCI guidelines for pulling out of the 2025 season after being picked within the public sale. Since changing into England captain, the previous Sunrisers Hyderabad batter has been singing a nationalistic tune, saying as not too long ago as final month that he had ‘dedicated fully to England cricket’ and that he doesn’t wish to ‘play any franchise cricket barring the Hundred’.
“Who is aware of what the longer term holds, however yeah, and like I mentioned, I’m fully targeted on enjoying as a lot cricket as I presumably can for England, and that’s my one and solely precedence in the mean time,” he advised Cricinfo on the sidelines of the 2026 season of the Hundred.
“Yeah, positively. The IPL is a superb competitors, and it’s an incredible expertise, and also you go over there, you permit a greater participant. It’s an excellent competitors to be part of, and it’s one thing that I’ll positively take into consideration sooner or later,” he added.
Within the English competitors, he’s nonetheless enjoying for the Sunrisers, with the homeowners of the IPL franchise taking on the Northern Superchargers and renaming it Sunrisers Leeds.
“Nicely, it’s all the time going to be a bit of little bit of change, clearly, with new homeowners, and there’s much more orange across the floor now, as seen with the vary Military. Nevertheless it’s the identical with each franchise, actually,” Brook mentioned. “You attempt to get to know everyone as shortly as you presumably can, construct some bonds, and yeah, on the finish of the day, we’re all right here to attempt to win just a few video games of cricket.”
August 13, 2026, 15:37 IST
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