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Jonny Bairstow averaged 75.66 successful Test cricket successful the summertime of the 2022 aft hitting 4 centuries successful 11 inningsEngland's Jonny Bairstow volition miss the Indian Premier League (IPL) to proceed his betterment from injury.
Bairstow had country connected a breached near limb and dislocated ankle aft slipping connected a tee container portion playing play successful September and has not played since.
The 33-year-old right-hander was owed to play for Punjab Kings successful the IPL, with the tourney starting connected 31 March.
He has said helium volition beryllium acceptable to play successful this summer's Ashes bid against Australia, which starts successful June.
"Unfortunately Jonny Bairstow won't beryllium with america this run - his wounded hasn't recovered successful time," said Punjab Kings manager Trevor Bayliss.
"We privation him a speedy recovery, it's a shame not to person a subordinate of his standing."
Australian batter Matthew Short volition regenerate Bairstow successful the Kings squad.
Yorkshire play six games successful the County Championship and 4 successful the Vitality Blast earlier England's summertime begins with a four-day Test against Ireland astatine Lord's connected 1 June.
The five-Test Ashes bid against Australia starts connected 16 June astatine Edgbaston successful Birmingham.
Speaking to ITV astatine the Cheltenham Festival connected 15 March, Bairstow said: "I'm truly blessed with my rehab. I'm running, batting successful the nets and it's going arsenic good arsenic it tin beryllium and though we haven't got a instrumentality day set, I'll beryllium backmost for the Ashes, absolutely."
Bairstow had been successful superb signifier successful 2022, scoring 1,061 runs and six centuries successful 10 Tests, but the wounded ruled him retired of the last Test of the summertime against South Africa, England's T20 World Cup triumph successful Australia and their Test series triumph successful Pakistan and draw successful New Zealand implicit the winter.
Bairstow's replacement successful the Test team, Yorkshire team-mate Harry Brook, has enjoyed a superb start, scoring 809 runs successful his archetypal six Tests, including 4 centuries.
However, England caput manager Brendon McCullum has said determination is "no doubt" Bairstow volition instrumentality to the squad erstwhile afloat fit.
He has played 39 games successful the IPL and scored 1,291 runs astatine an mean of 35.86. He made 253 runs successful 11 matches successful his archetypal run with Punjab Kings successful 2022 aft spending 3 years with Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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