Xtra Time Web Desk: Five-time former IPL champions Mumbai Indians on Tuesday announced that Chris Jordan will join the squad for the rest of the IPL 2023 season. Chris replaces Jofra Archer, whose recovery and fitness continues to be monitored by ECB. Jofra will return home to focus on his rehabilitation.
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) also confirmed that Archer will return from the Indian Premier League with immediate effect.
Archer has been recovering from right elbow surgery. However, pushing through the discomfort whilst recently playing, hoping it will settle, has proven challenging. Therefore, it has been agreed for him to return to the UK for a period of rest and rehabilitation to give him the best opportunity for a full recovery.
Archer will return to the UK this week and will work on his rehab with the ECB medical department and Sussex County Cricket Club, respectively.