It seems that the Rajasthan Royals will have to manage their bowling efforts without Jofra Archer, who is considering opting out of the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League, as per a report in The Telegraph.
Archer is nursing an elbow injury and has been playing on injections and now the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is not so keen to put his fitness on the line with the Ashes series planned for the end of this year.
Archer has to have another injection after the conclusion of the T20I series against India where he has featured in all games, the report added.
Notably, Archer is a centrally contracted player and hence the ECB can ask him to pull out of the cash-rich league. However, the director of RR—Kumar Sangakkara had confirmed that all England players including the pacer will be available for the full length of the tournament.
Archer had suffered an elbow stress fracture in the Test series against South Africa in late 2019 and left the series after the first Test. The injury resurfaced after the first Test against India earlier in the series and the pacer could play only two Test matches in the four-match long series.