BRISBANE: The timing of the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was not ideal, said Australia head coach Justin Langer on Wednesday as he blamed the cash-rich T20 tournament for soft-tissue injuries to the players.
The 13th edition of IPL was played from September 19 to November 10 last year behind closed doors in the United Arab Emirates due to the Covid-19 pandemic while India’s tour of Australia began with the first ODI of the three-match series on November 27.
“I have said that this is going to be the survival of the fittest this summer. It is really interesting how many injuries there have been throughout this summer. We suffered through the white-ball series and through the Test…I can’t help but think that the IPL this year probably wasn’t ideal timing for anyone, certainly for such a big series like this,” said Langer while speaking to media-persons in a virtual interaction ahead of the fourth Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.