Rajasthan Royals' player Jos Buttler has pulled out of the remaining IPL season which is set to resume from 19th September in UAE, the franchise confirmed it on Saturday. The wicketkeeper-batsman is expecting his second child with his wife Louise, and hence he will not be participating in the second leg of the cash-rich league. While Jofra Archer was already not playing because of his elbow injury, Buttler's exit will now be a huge blow for the Rajasthan team who is currently ranked 5th in the IPL points table. Rajasthan will resume its IPL 2021 campaign on September 21st when they will play against Punjab Kings in Dubai.
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Meanwhile, the English player also said that he might skip the end of the ongoing Test series against India and the Ashes tour as well which is scheduled to be played in December.