England batter Joe Root has opted out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, introduced his franchise Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. “England batter Joe Root will not be taking any further participation in the IPL, it was confirmed on Saturday,” mentioned an announcement from the group. Root, probably the most adorned worldwide cricketers for England, made his foray into the IPL arrange final season, when the Royals picked him on the 2023 mini-auction. He made his IPL debut within the 2023 version, enjoying 3 matches for the franchise. Root scored 10 in just one inning he performed.

Kumar Sangakkara, Royals’ Director of Cricket, mentioned, “During our retention conversations, Joe informed us of his decision to not take part in IPL 2024. Even in a short span of time, Joe was able to create such a positive impact on the franchise and the players around him. His energy around the group and the experience he brought to the Royals will be missed. We respect his decision totally and wish him success in everything he does.”

Joe Root has opted out of IPL 2024.

The dressing room will miss you, Rooty.

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— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 25, 2023

The 32-year-old’s addition to the Royals squad introduced in loads of depth and expertise, which served as a studying expertise for lots of kids within the facet like Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal within the group. His camaraderie together with his England teammate Jos Buttler and his bonding with Yuzvendra Chahal was additionally one of many memorable highlights of the previous England Test skipper’s stint with the Royals.

RR completed at quantity 5 final season, with seven wins and 14 factors in 14 matches.

Root has scored 2,235 runs in 97 T20 matches at a mean of over 31, with 14 fifties in 87 innings.