The Australia star Travis goes to Miss Ipl Clash: “Couldn’t travel …”

Sunriser’s Hyderabad (SRH) dough Travis Head will miss the game against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Monday, revealed head coach Daniel Vettori. During a press conference on the evening before the game, Head will miss the match because he will arrive in India tomorrow after recently recorded Covid-19. “He had Covid-19, and unfortunately he couldn’t travel,” Vettori told reporters. “We hope that we will have him back for the next game as soon as he has completely recovered and clarified to join the squad,” he added.

Last week the 18th edition of the bar-rich league was suspended with Pakistan due to the cross-border tensions. The future of the rest of the tournament was cloudy. On Monday, the BCCI solved the doubts by confirming that IPL will be resumed in Bengaluru on Saturday.

On Tuesday morning, SRH captain Pat Cummins and Head were mentioned in the Australia squad for the final of the World Test Championship against South Africa on June 11th. There were doubts about their participation, considering that Hyderabad has already been excluded from the race for the playoffs.

According to ESPNcricinfo, Hyderabad Skipper Cummins and Head SRH have informed about their decision to return to India. Cummins’ manager Neil Maxwell confirmed that the Australian test skipper wants to return to India.

“Pat has a responsibility as the captain of the franchise and wants to return,” Maxwell told News Corp on Tuesday, as cited from ESPNCRICInfo.

The head of the national team of Cricket Australia, Ben Oliver, assured that the board will work with players over the next two days to return to India or not.

SRH, who is already out of the game from the playoffs race, will complete her campaign with three away games against LSG (May 19) in Lucknow, against RCB (May 23) in Bengaluru and against KKR in Delhi (May 25).

(With ani inputs)