{"id":11691,"date":"2019-12-19T18:38:37","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11691"},"modified":"2019-12-21T13:43:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-21T17:43:05","slug":"eoin-morgan-to-join-ipl-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11691","title":{"rendered":"Eoin Morgan to Join IPL Next Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eoin_morgan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eoin_morgan.png 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/eoin_morgan-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>England cricket captain Eoin Morgan has been selected to play in next season&#8217;s Indian Premier League (IPL) &#8211; with the Dubliner signing with the Kolkata Knight Riders in a move that will earn the World Cup winner $720,000 (\u20ac650,000) for his services in the seven-week tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan didn&#8217;t play in the competition last season but returns to the highly lucrative tournament that will be used by man of the world&#8217;s top stars as a warm-up to the T20 World Cup next year.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, all-rounder Sam Curran was the most expensive England player in the IPL as he was sold to the Chennai Super Kings for $765,000 (\u20ac690,000).<\/p>\n<p>Curran was a success for Kings XI Punjab in last year\u2019s tournament, but has been poached by Chennai for the 2020 version.<\/p>\n<p>Australia bowler Pat Cummins became the most expensive non-Indian player in the auction when he was sold to the Knight Riders for a massive $2.07m (\u20ac1.87m).<\/p>\n<p>His Australia team-mate Glenn Maxwell, recently revealed to be suffering with his mental health, also broke the million-pound barrier, heading to Kings XI Punjab for $1.33m (\u20ac1.2m).<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-11691\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11691&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-11691\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11691&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-11691\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11691&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=11691\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England cricket captain Eoin Morgan has been selected to play in next season&#8217;s Indian Premier League (IPL) &#8211; 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