Joe Root has followed the lead of England Test captain Ben Stokes by skipping next year's Indian Premier League.
Joe Root was out lbw for 10 during his first innings in the IPL and Jos Buttler fell for a duck as Rajasthan were thrashed by RCB.
Jos Buttler scored a half-century as the Rajasthan Royals started their IPL campaign with a resounding 72-run victory over the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
An inspirational display from captain Hardik Pandya helped Gujarat Titans claim their first IPL title.
Recap all of the action as Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals faced off in Ahmedabad in the final of this year's IPL.
Jos Buttler needs one more ton for history as Rajasthan Royals return to the IPL Final for the first time since winning it under Shane Warne in 2008.
Jos Buttler fired a record-equalling fourth century in an IPL season to take Rajasthan Royals into their first final since winning the tournament in 2008.
Jos Buttler rediscovered his IPL form for Rajasthan Royals with 89 from 56 deliveries - only to end up on the losing side.
England and Rajasthan Royals star Jos Buttler is backing himself to regain his' best-ever' form ahead of the start of the knockout phase of the IPL.
Rajasthan Royals will celebrate the life of the late, great Shane Warne when they play Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.
Jos Buttler cracked a second-straight IPL hundred, and a third of the 2022 tournament, as he fired 116 off 65 balls in the Rajasthan Royals' win over the Delhi Capitals.
Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali have been retained by their teams for the 2022 IPL - but Eoin Morgan and Ben Stokes have not.
Kolkata Knight Riders all-but secured the final IPL play-off berth with a crushing 86-run win over Rajasthan Royals at Sharjah.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians needed just 8.2 overs to chase down the 91 runs needed to beat Rajasthan Royals and keep their IPL play-off hopes alive.
Chennai batter Ruturaj Gaikwad scored a century in a losing cause as Rajasthan chased down 190 to boost their IPL play-off hopes.
George Garton enjoyed a winning IPL debut as a Rajasthan collapse and Glenn Maxwell's fifty helped RCB to victory in Dubai.
Jason Roy scored a half-century on his Sunrisers Hyderabad debut to take the IPL's bottom side to victory and dent Rajasthan Royals' play-off hopes.
Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson's half-century came in vain as Delhi Capitals moved back top of the IPL table.
As the IPL resumes, we look at what happened in the early part of the season and which England players are involved...
Here's how the Indian Premier League squads look for the 2021 season, which resumes in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday.
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