Kyle Jamieson skips IPL to improve his game

New Zealand star all rounder and one of the most expensive players in the Indian Premier League, Kyle Jamieson has chosen to sit out of the 2022 edition. Jamieson, who had a strenuous year of cricket in the last couple of seasons has stated that he needs some time off to stay at home and improve his game.

 "Firstly, after the last 12 months, it's had its challenges with MIQs (managed isolation and quarantine) and bubbles and spending a fair amount of time in that sort of set-up. It was important for me, when I look at the schedule coming up over the next 12 months to try and find six weeks or eight weeks where I can spend some time at home,” Jamieson was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.

The tall all rounder played a pivotal role in in NZ’s Test campaign in the first World Test Championship cycle is is expected to come good in the current cycle as well.

"The second thing for me was, reflecting over the last 12-24 months and understanding that I'm very young in my [international] career and only two years in, that I wanted to have time to work on my game. I guess I didn't really feel like I was where I wanted to be and if I want to compete for spots in the New Zealand sides moving forward across all three formats, I actually need to spend time working on my game and not just trying to play the whole time. Yeah, for me it was just about time at home and just time to work on my game," Jamieson concluded.