Would definitely debate going into the IPL draw fairly severely, hope to get publicity: Joe Root

England’s star batter Joe Root has admitted that he’s severely contemplating coming into the IPL public sale as he hopes to get publicity within the match. Root is but to play a recreation within the match.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 20, 2022 13:42 IST

Root has mentioned that he has no plans of retirement in the intervening time (Courtesy: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: England’s star batter Joe Root has admitted that he would severely take into account placing his identify within the hat for the IPL public sale as he hopes to get publicity within the match.

Root is but to play a recreation within the IPL. During the 2018 public sale, the 31-year-old had put his identify for the draw however went unsold.

Speaking to the Dailymail, the place he additionally mentioned the toll Test captaincy took on him, the England star mentioned that he would definitely take into account coming into the public sale severely and hoped to get publicity within the match.

“I would definitely debate going into the IPL draw fairly severely and hope to get publicity in that match. It can be nice to get entangled within the steady enormity of every recreation and the way a lot it means,” said Root.

The 31-year-old also said that he has no thoughts or feelings about retirement or slowing down at the moment and isn’t considering playing fewer formats of the game. Root said that he feels he got alienated from the T20 format as he always got rested.

Root said that it might be a good time to explore playing a bit more in the shortest format of the game and see how far he can go.

“I have no thoughts or feelings of retirement or slowing down or playing fewer formats. If anything, I feel a little bit more freedom with my time. I always used to get rested for the T20s and I feel like I got alienated from the format because I had not played enough of it.”

“You can really feel like you’re getting left behind a bit bit. Now, the following couple of years, is likely to be a great time to discover enjoying a bit bit extra of that format and see how far I can take that aspect of my recreation,” mentioned Root.

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Nov 20, 2022