New Zealand Head Coach Gary Stead Confirms Participation Of All Kiwi Players For IPL 2022

New Zealand National Cricket Team head coach Gary Stead has confirmed that all the IPL-bound Kiwi players will be participating in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, which will begin on March 26.

Overall 12 New Zealand players – Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Tim Seifert, James Neesham, Finn Allen, and Glenn Phillips – have bagged Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 contracts and they will feature in the tournament, which will be played from March 26 to May 29.

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The Kiwi head coach has said that the New Zealand IPL-bound players will not take part in the series against the Netherlands, which will be clashing with the initial stage of the marquee T20 league.

Speaking in a press conference Gary Stead said: “They won’t be available for that (Netherlands) series. I think it’s always exciting as a coach when you know that several players build the depth of the squad and that leads to the big picture of leading it to the World Cup in the future.”

They’re used to adjusting to different formats quickly – Gary Stead

Previously, Stead had expressed hope at the IPL-bound players’ participation in the England Test series, which will begin from June 2. He believes that there will be a “tight crossover” but the players are used to switching from white-ball to red-ball format.

“It will be a tight crossover. If it is that tight it’s not ideal, but it is what it is, the guys are used to it. They’re used to adjusting to different formats quickly, so it will be the same situation.

“I think there’d still arrive there on the 30th of May or the day after, and they’ve still got three or four days. I think players will be available coming from the IPL final,” Stead told Stuff.

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