England opener Jason Roy announced on Tuesday he has withdrawn from this season’s Indian Premier League, in which he was due to play for new fran-chise Gujarat Titans. The 10-team Twenty20 competition is scheduled to run from March 26 to May 29.
Roy, who had a second child in early January and played in the Pakistan Super League last month, said he needed a break. “It’s with a heavy heart I have decided to pull out of this year’s tournament,” the 31-year-old wrote on his social media accounts.
He added: “With everything going on in the world over the last three years it’s added up and taken its toll on me. “I feel it’s only right I spend some quality time with my family, as well as spending time working on myself and my game over the next couple of months leading into a very busy year.” Surrey, Roy’s English county club, said he would also miss the “early rounds” of the 2022 County Championship, which starts in April.—APP
