Punjab Kings open their IPL marketing campaign towards KKR at dwelling on April 1.
Livingstone, who’s a key member of the Punjab Kings squad for his all-round skills, has not performed aggressive cricket since selecting up the knee harm on his Test debut in Pakistan in December.
The 29-year-old had additionally suffered an ankle harm through the Hundred competitors at dwelling final 12 months.
“He is out of the first game at least as the ECB is conducting scans to determine his fitness status. He should be available from the second game onwards,” an IPL supply advised PTI.
Livingstone on Wednesday posted a video on social media the place he’s seen batting within the nets.
Last 12 months, he had his finest ever season within the IPL as he amassed 437 runs in 14 video games at a mean of 36.42 and a sensational strike charge of 182.08. He is thought for his big-hitting prowess all world wide and has represented England in 12 ODIs and 29 T20s.
He had additionally picked up six wickets along with his combination of off-spin and leg-break in 2022, when Punjab completed sixth for the fourth season in a row.
Fellow Englishman Sam Curran, the best paid participant in IPL historical past, has already joined the Punjab squad.
Besides Livingstone, the workforce will even miss the companies of premier pacer Kagiso Rabada, who will skip the KKR sport as a result of nationwide responsibility. He featured within the closing T20 between South Africa and West Indies in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Rabada is anticipated to achieve India on April 3, two days forward of the away sport towards Rajasthan Royals.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com