David Willey leaves IPL citing personal reasons, Matt Henry joins Lucknow Super Giants

England’s left-arm seamer David Willey has withdrawn from the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) due to personal reasons and will be replaced by New Zealand’s Matt Henry at Lucknow Super Giants.

Henry will join Lucknow Super Giants at his base price of Rs 1.25 crores.

Willey quit international cricket after the ODI World Cup in India last year and missed Lucknow’s IPL opener against Rajasthan Royals last week.

Willey joined the Super Giants through the auction last year after representing Royal Challengers Bengaluru during IPL 2022 and 2023. The left-arm seamer had also complained of fatigue after spending more than two months on the road after appearing in other T20 tournaments like ILT20 (Abu Dhabi Knight Riders) and Pakistan Super League (Multan Sultans) earlier this year.

Willey is the second England player to leave Lucknow this season following the withdrawal of Mark Wood, who was pulled out by the English cricket board to manage his workload ahead of the T20 World Cup in June. Wood was replaced by West Indian pacer Shamar Joseph.

New Zealand fast bowler Henry, who represented Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings in the past. He has featured in two IPL matches so far, both for the Punjab Kings in 2017. Henry has represented New Zealand in 25 Tests, 82 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 17 T20 Internationals so far.

Lucknow Super Giants will take on Punjab Kings at the at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Saturday.

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