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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ali Martin

Jonny Bairstow to miss IPL and focus on Ashes in recovery from freak accident

Jonny Bairstow arrives at the track on Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival last week.
Jonny Bairstow arrives at the track on Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival last week. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Jonny Bairstow is expected to miss the Indian Premier League this year and focus on preparing for the Ashes as he continues his comeback from a broken leg last summer.

One of the main catalysts for the Test team’s surging turnaround in results, Bairstow missed the entire winter – a T20 World Cup win and Test tours of Pakistan and New Zealand – after sustaining multiple fractures, a dislocated ankle and ligament damage from a freak slip on the golf course in September.

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