England speedster Jofra Archer is hopeful of returning to India for the now-suspended IPL if the T20 tournament is rescheduled later in the year.
The 26-year-old had missed the IPL due to an elbow injury that he sustained during England's tour of India.
"If I did go to India, I probably would have come home early anyway. Hopefully, if it (IPL) does get rescheduled for this year, I will be able to go again," said Archer.
"It was a hard decision not to go to India. It was really unpredictable, I could have gone, but I don't know how many games I would have played." The IPL was indefinitely suspended last Tuesday after multiple COVID cases inside the bio-bubble.
He made a successful return to cricket from an injury lay-off, scalping two wickets in his first competitive match in more than one and a half months.
Turning out for Sussex in a County Championship game against Kent on Thursday, Archer finished with figures of 2 for 29 from his 13 overs, which included the wickets of Zak Crawley and Kent skipper Bell Drummond, as the tourists were bundled out for 145.
"My fitness is fine. I thought I bowled okay. I played in the (Sussex) second team last week and it's good to get some confidence and I felt fine," Archer said.
"I bowled in short spells for protection in case we had a long day but it was overcast, which helped a bit. There was a bit of management, but it all worked out."
Archer, whose last appearance was the fifth T20I between India and England on March 20, was struggling with a freak hand injury and later underwent a surgery to remove a glass fragment from a tendon on his right hand after an attempt to clean his fish tank went wrong.
The 26-year-pacer had sustained the injury at his home in January and the surgery was conducted while he was still undergoing treatment for a long-term elbow injury.
The ongoing match is Archer's last chance to prove his fitness ahead of England's Test series against New Zealand, which starts on June 2 at Lord's.
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