IPL 2021 | England’s Mark Wood reveals why he pulled out of public sale eventually minute

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England tempo bowler Mark Wood on Friday mentioned that household and health had been the explanations behind him pulling out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) public sale on the final minute.
Wood knowledgeable the franchises hours earlier than the public sale that he wouldn’t be a part of the IPL mini-auction held in Chennai on Thursday.

The right-arm tempo bowler, who was anticipated to go for a really excessive value on the public sale, mentioned enjoying the lengthy collection in India and following it up with IPL would have been a really lengthy affair.
“[A] couple of things really. First and foremost, it was my family. I’m going to spend six weeks here in India and it would have been another eight weeks on top of that so that’s 14 weeks. We’re in a strange situation with Covid-19 and we can’t see our families while we’re with England like we usually do and I wanted to be able to switch off, go home and recharge for the second reason which of course is being ready for England,” Wood advised the media on Friday.

Wood mentioned he would not need to be affected bodily or mentally forward of England’s busy 12 months that features World T20 and the Ashes collection towards Australia.
“I am trying to prioritise that and be ready for later on in the year when we’ve got loads of cricket going. I don’t want my body to fail me or be a bit bruised mentally or physically for the back-end of the year when it’s the World Cup and Ashes and the summer when it’s a big series against India at home. So, I wanted to be ready and available and have some family time as well because there is a lot of time away from home this year,” he mentioned.
The 31-year-old tempo bowler mentioned that he determined to tug out as he didn’t need to upset any franchise at a later date.
“It wasn’t until the last minute. I didn’t want to go into the auction and then let a team down at a later date; I didn’t think that was fair,” Wood mentioned on his choice to skip the IPL public sale.
“I was to-ing and fro-ing back and forth because I thought it would have improved me as a cricketer and there was a huge opportunity to improve my wage by going there. It would have been a huge opportunity for me and although it was life-changing money, I’m comfortable with my decision and I hope it serves me well,” he mentioned.