The IPL - Archer's England return and the IPL play-off race heats up

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Nikesh Rughani, Steven Finn and Abhishek Jhunjhunwala react to the news Jofra Archer has been included in the England T20 World Cup squad, his first international call-up in more than a year. They also look at favourites India's squad, with Rishabh Pant returning after recovering from injuries sustained in a serious car accident.

And with the IPL heading towards the end of the group stage, the panel look at the fascinating battle to make the top four, with five teams currently separated by just two points.

TIMECODES 00:50 England's World T20 squad 03:00 Jofra Archer's return 08:00 Tom Hartley and England's spin options 15:10 The scrap for the IPL's top four 17:00 Can Sanju Samson take his IPL form into the World Cup?

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0:41.0	The TMS Podcasts at the IPL.
0:44.4	Hello and welcome to the IPL podcast
0:46.4	from Test Match Special with me Nie Kesh Ragani.
0:49.6	Joining me this week are Stephen Finn and Avihek Junjunwala.
0:53.6	Good afternoon, Jens.
0:54.6	Good afternoon, Nikesh.
0:56.2	Good afternoon.
0:57.3	Well, we're gonna chat all things from the IPL
0:59.9	very shortly, but first, England have named their squad for the T20 World Cup in the
1:05.1	Caribbean and the USA in June. The big news is that Jofra Archer is back in an
1:09.8	England squad for the first time since March of last year. Chris Jordan has also been
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