Liam Livingstone has left the Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad and flown back to England due to “bubble fatigue accumulated over the past year,” the IPL franchise wrote on Twitter. After the India ODI series, Livingstone joined the IPL bio-bubble with the Rajasthan Royals team but did not feature in the three games the team has played so far in the ongoing IPL 2021.
Earlier, Ben Stokes returned home to the UK for treatment and also pacer Jofra Archer has not joined the squad yet. Archer underwent a hand surgery before the start of the Indian Premier League 2021 season. This would be a huge blow for the Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royals wrote on Twitter, “Liam Livingstone has flown back home late last night, due to bubble fatigue accumulated over the past year. We understand and respect his decision, and will continue supporting him in any way we can.”
Liam Livingstone has flown back home late last night, due to bubble fatigue accumulated over the past year. We understand and respect his decision, and will continue supporting him in any way we can.#RoyalsFamily pic.twitter.com/stYywf3tBW
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) April 20, 2021
He was bought by Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 auction for Rs 75 lakh.
Before arriving in India, Livingstone was in Australia to play in the Big Bash League, for his franchise Perth Scorchers and finished as the runners-up.
Livingstone made his ODI debut against India in the second match of the series, he scored an unbeaten 27 to guide England home and level the series at 1-1. And in the next match, he scored 36 runs and also picked up a wicket for 20 runs but ended up on the losing side.
Livingstone made his T20I debut in 2017 against South Africa and since then has only played two matches for England in the shortest format, scoring 16 runs in the two outings.