Like every time, this time also in the IPL, after India, the cricketers of the country that is playing the field the most is Australia. Where they need to prepare themselves for the Test Championship final and the Ashes against England a month later, they are now playing T20s. However, the reason for doing so was revealed by former Australian captain Michael Clarke.

Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood was dropped from the national team due to an injury some time ago. However, after returning from injury, he returned to the field with IPL. But Clarke felt he needed to prepare himself for the Ashes rather than return to the IPL from injury. “I don’t know why Hazelwood is playing in the IPL now,” Clarke told Fox Sports. He now needed to prepare himself for the national team. He needed to prepare himself for the Test.’

He also said, ‘He will have to bowl a lot more for the Ashes. But he is now playing very little time at the net (in practice). I don’t know how much such preparation will help him for the test. He was injured and was out of Test matches for some time. As a result, he needed to prepare himself for the test.

Meanwhile, Clarke was asked, if Cricket Australia could not prevent the cricketers. In response, Clark got annoyed and brought up the subject of money. In that interview with Fox Sports, Clarke said, ‘Yes, they can block cricketers. But they (Cricket Australia) will not stop them. Because a cricketer is paying 3 million dollars for 8 weeks of IPL, Cricket Australia will not pay cricketers for practice.
So they are silent. And cricketers are also playing IPL for money without preparing for Tests.