Punjab Kings (PBKS) faced defeat in their third match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Sunday against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). The team has won 2 out of their 3 games and is without the presence of their star player Liam Livingstone. There have been speculations about his arrival in India to play for the franchise. In a recent update, Livingstone has given an update about the same.
In an interview posted by Lancashire Cricket, the English cricketer spoke about his departure to India.
“I had injections last week and they’ve worked their magic, so hopefully in the next 48 hours I’ll be on my way out to India.”
“[I’m] getting there, finally. It’s been a long road: three or four days a week at the gym over the last three or four months. Maybe towards the end of this week or the start of next week, I’ll fly out to India and get going again. Feeling much better. I had some injections midway through last week. It’s settled it down a lot, finally been able to get outside and do some running and get back to proper cricket stuff. That’s probably been about four or five days now, so just trying to build back up to match fitness now.
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“I got over my ankle to play in the World Cup, then my knee has been a bit of a niggly one. I finally sorted that out and my ankle flared up again. Hopefully, they’re both under control now and it’ll be nice to get back to playing finally. It’s been a difficult couple of months, but finally, now I’m like a little kid wanting to get back playing cricket again,” Livingstone had earlier said LancsTV during their coverage of Lancashire’s County Championship game.
The Punjab-based franchise acquired the services of Livingstone for a mammoth INR 11.50 crore in the mega-auction in 2022.