Tymal Mills hopes starring for England in India will earn him IPL contract
Tuesday 24 January 2017 13:42, UK
Tymal Mills is hoping good performances for England in the three Twenty20 matches with India will earn him a contract in the Indian Premier League.
A back condition means the Sussex fast bowler is limited to playing the shortest format of the game. He is now a T20 freelancer, plying his trade in Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Bangladesh and - he hopes India.
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Mills' situation means he is available for the entirety of the IPL, while some of his centrally-contracted England colleagues are limited to shorter windows. The IPL remains the premier domestic cup on the market and Mills is keen to catch the eye in Kanpur, Nagpur and Bangalore over the next week.
"I'm in the auction for the IPL so hopefully this series will go well and I'll get picked up." he said.
"At the end of the day if I bowl well, it's good for myself, for England and for my future. I'm in a very unique situation now where I can hopefully do this for a long time.
"Financially, I don't earn very much playing in the UK for Sussex, because of only playing T20 cricket, so I have go and play in these tournaments around the world in terms of getting paid.
"This is my job now. If I get injured and don't get to play in these tournaments obviously that affects me in a different way, so my security is a little bit less.
"I'm really grateful that I can still play, still travel, still experience great things which is why I don't want to risk putting myself at harm again by playing a big block of 50-over cricket.
"The ramifications for me could be quite serious."
