With the rising popularity of T20 cricket, players have gotten extremely lucrative contracts worth millions. Teams from the Indian Premier League (IPL) clearly dominate the T20 league circuit. IPL franchisees have hugely expanded. IPL franchisees have teams in the SA20, Major League Cricket (MLC), Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and ILT20. IPL franchises have been attempting to sign players to full-time contracts that would allow them to represent their teams in every league since they first entered those tournaments in various nations. The players will leave their national cricket teams as a result of this full-time deal. This article will examine whether Jos Buttler, like his teammate Jason Roy, is planning to leave international cricket.
Jos Buttler to leave England cricket?
In October 2022, Jos Buttler is on the list of players with contracts published by the England Cricket Board (ECB). In the IPL, Buttler is currently a Rajasthan Royals player. According to reports, the Royals intend to extend a four-year contract to the talented English batter. By signing this agreement, the English opener, who represents the Royals in the IPL and Paarl Royals in the SA20, will also represent the Barbados Royals in the CPL. The Royals now have franchises in three leagues, but as T20 leagues throughout the world continue to grow, the number of Royals franchises may increase. Any T20 side will automatically select someone like Jos Buttler. According to speculations, Buttler will receive an offer of close to INR 40 crores over a period of four years.
What does this mean for England cricket?
Buttler will have to give up his England contract in order to sign this agreement. For England cricket in each of the white ball formats, Buttler is a key performer. Due to such a transaction, England already lost its opener, Jason Roy. Since Roy was not employed by ECB, he signed a comparable contract with the Knight Riders organisation. In addition to playing for the LA Knight Riders in the MLC, Roy is a member of the IPL’s Kolkata Knight Riders.
Someone like Buttler is crucial for England’s success with two white ball tournaments in 2023 and 2024. Both the 2019 ODI Cricket World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup were won by England.
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