‘Ricky stepped out of the flight’: IPL teams hopeful to have full squads for remainder of tournament | Cricket News

Punjab Kings’ captain Shreyas Iyer with coach Ricky Ponting throughout a coaching session. (PTI Photo)

The India-Pakistan battle has triggered a combined response from abroad gamers in the IPL, creating uncertainty about their return for the relaxation of the tournament. While some coaches, like Ricky Ponting, are staying put, a major quantity of gamers, spooked by safety considerations, have already flown house.On Saturday night, Punjab Kings (PBKS) head coach Ricky Ponting had boarded the flight from New Delhi when he heard the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“Kudos to Ricky. He was going home. He even boarded the flight, but the moment we sent him the message that a ceasefire has been announced, he returned. Brad Haddin (assistant coach) is also in,” PBKS CEO Satish Menon instructed TimesofIndia.com.However, PBKS’ Australian contingent, together with Marcus Stoinis, Josh Inglis, and Xavier Bartlett, has returned house. After the Dharamsala fixture between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was halted halfway due to safety causes, panic gripped the abroad gamers of all teams.Who’s that IPL participant?PBKS are in the race to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2014, and the franchise is hopeful that they are going to have a full-strength workforce as soon as the IPL restarts. Punjab Kings are at present positioned third with 15 factors.“Our boys will return. Ricky and Brad have set an instance. We are ready for official instruction from the BCCI, after which solely will we attain out to our gamers,” mentioned Menon.

It has been reliably learnt that the BCCI and the IPL Governing Council have verbally requested the franchises to assemble their squads for the remaining 16 video games, that are possible to begin by Friday (May 16).TimesofIndia.com has additionally discovered {that a} prime abroad participant with the Delhi Capitals has refused to come again. “The kitbags of all the cricketers are here in India only. Let’s wait and see what happens,” mentioned a DC official.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), who mathematically are nonetheless in the race for the playoffs, have most of their gamers in India. The Caribbean duo Nicholas Pooran and Shamar Joseph, who had been due to head house on Sunday morning, have been requested to keep again.“We have most of our players here. We have been told by the BCCI that we’ll get a clearer picture by Monday,” mentioned an LSG official.Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanathan mentioned that each one of their gamers, be it home or abroad, have dispersed. “All of them have reached home now,” Kasi instructed TimesofIndia.com.“We are yet to receive any instruction from the BCCI. Once the official guidelines are shared, then we’ll reach out to our players,” he mentioned.

When coaxed about whether or not the abroad gamers are eager to return, Kasi mentioned, “Too early to say anything. It has been crazy few days. Just wait for a couple more days; hopefully, we all will get a clearer picture.”Rajasthan Royals, who’re in ninth place, and out of competition, are assured that their abroad gamers will return to full the tournament.“We are not facing any issue with our overseas contingent. We are anyway out of the playoffs race, so I don’t see we will have a problem assembling our squad,” mentioned a Royals official.