Hyderabad and Bengaluru team in big trouble? (Photo-PTI)
More than half of the IPL 2026 season has been completed. It has been more than a month since this season. Now only one month is left and the season will end with the final on May 31. But just 31 days before this final, such a news has come, which has definitely given some tension to the fans of some teams. This news is about star Australian players like Travis Head, Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins, questions are being raised about their playing in the final and the reason for this is the Pakistan-Australia ODI series.
ODI series starts on the day of the final
Some big Australian players including Hazlewood, Cummins, Head are currently playing for different teams in IPL 2026. In this too, some teams are far ahead in the race to reach the playoffs and are contenders to play the finals. If this happens, then everyone would expect these legendary Australian players to play, but with the release of the schedule of Pakistan-Australia series, questions are being raised about their availability.
In fact, just 31 days before the start of the series, Pakistan officially announced its schedule. The Australian team will tour Pakistan for this series, in which 3 ODI matches will be played. It will start from 31st May and will be played till 4th June. All three matches of the series will be held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. That means this series will start on the exact day on which the final of IPL 2026 will be played. In such a situation, if any team reaches the finals, the presence of some Australian player in it will be under question.
Will Australian giants be out of the final?
This series is important because only the ODI World Cup is to be played next year. But that World Cup is to be held in South Africa, whereas this series will be played in Pakistan. In such a situation, it is certain that for this series, all the key players including Cummins, Hazlewood, Starc, Head, who are also a regular part of the ODI team but are playing in this IPL, will get rest. Even if a senior player does not reach the finals with his IPL team, he is also likely to get rest from this series. In such a situation, there is little hope that Australian greats will not be seen in the IPL final.
