Jofra Archer likely to be available for entire IPL 2023

With ace pacer Jasprit Bumrah likely to miss the entire 16th season of the Indian Premier League, the Mumbai Indians franchise was under tremendous pressure regarding their pace bowling attack. However, they will be slightly relieved as Jofra Archer, who has suffered a lot of injuries in the recent past, is likely to be available for the entire season.

Last year, Mumbai signed him for INR 8 crore but could not feature in the league as he was dealing with multiple injuries. Meanwhile, the officials of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and IPL have already confirmed Archer’s availability. It is said that his national board will manage his workload in the future.

“He should be able to play a full part in the IPL and as always his franchisee and the ECB will manage his workload,” an ECB source told Cricbuzz while an IPL official added, “Jofra is very much available, have you not seen him in action in the Dhaka ODI.”

Notably, Archer missed almost 18 months of cricket and only recently made his comeback to competitive cricket. He made his comeback while playing for MI Cape Town in the SA20 league.

Archer impresses in first ODI against Bangladesh

Archer was part of the England squad that took on Bangladesh on March 1 in Dhaka. The pacer was impressive with the ball as he finished with 2/37 in his ten overs. Thanks to his and England’s brilliant bowling, they restricted Bangladesh to 209 runs.

Meanwhile, Mumbai is expecting Archer to join their camp for training ahead of IPL soon after the Bangladesh series. The five-time champions will play their first game against Bangalore on April 2.