Archer not in IPL auction but Anderson shortlisted

England accelerated bowler Jofra Archer has not been shortlisted for the Indian Premier League auction for 2025 but James Anderson is included.

Batter Joe Root and accelerated bowler Mark Wood are besides not among the 37 England-qualified players successful the auction, which volition beryllium held connected 24 and 25 November.

Former England seam bowler Anderson, 42, has made the chopped aft the database was trimmed from 1,574 archetypal entries to 574 pursuing consultation with the 10 IPL teams.

All centrally-contracted England players were escaped to participate the auction.

Archer's omission is eye-catching fixed his agelong conflict with injuries and stated tendency to instrumentality to Test cricket.

It is not wide whether Archer, who was connected the agelong list, is missing from the shortlist due to the fact that helium pulled retired oregon due to the fact that helium was cut.

If Archer, 29, is to play Test cricket successful 2025, helium would apt person to play Championship cricket for Sussex successful the aboriginal portion of the English summer, which clashes with the IPL.

Named the IPL's astir invaluable subordinate successful 2020, Archer has made his comeback from a bid of backmost and elbow injuries this twelvemonth successful white-ball cricket, but it is inactive hoped helium could diagnostic against India adjacent summertime and successful the 2025-26 Ashes successful Australia.

Under caller rules, nary subordinate who has antecedently played successful the IPL and is not successful this auction volition not beryllium capable to play successful 2025 oregon 2026, ruling retired Archer, Wood, Root and England Test skipper Ben Stokes, whose lack has been antecedently reported.

England's starring wicket-taker Anderson, who retired from planetary work successful July, has not played since his last Test against West Indies astatine Lord's and has not played a T20 since 2014.

Anderson has a reserve terms of astir £117,000.

No English players were connected the retained lists of the 10 IPL teams erstwhile they were confirmed past month.

England white-ball skipper Jos Buttler is 1 of 81 players successful the auction with the highest reverse terms of astir £187,000.

The dates for the 2025 IPL person not been confirmed, but this twelvemonth it ran from 22 March to 26 May.

England-qualified players successful IPL 2025 auction:

Jos Buttler, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow, Phil Salt, Sam Curran, Adil Rashid, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Ben Duckett, James Vince, Moeen Ali, Will Jacks, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Jordan Cox, Gus Atkinson, Tom Curran, Ollie Pope, Richard Gleeson, Reece Topley, Luke Wood, Leus du Plooy, Michael Pepper, Jacob Bethell, Brydon Carse, Dan Mousley, Jamie Overton, Olly Stone, Dan Worrall, Matthew Potts, John Turner, Dan Lawrence, James Anderson, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, David Payne, Benny Howell.