England fast bowler Jofra Archer expressed his anguish at a report falsely claiming that he had left the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) this month to undergo surgery on his troublesome right elbow in Belgium. The 28-year-old featured in the Mumbai Indians' season-opener on April 2 but missed their next four matches before returning to action on Saturday.

The England seamer was unavailable for three weeks and missed four IPL matches in the process in what his coach Mark Boucher described as 'a little niggle', before returning for Saturday’s defeat to Punjab Kings when he bowled his full allocation of four overs and showed no obvious signs of discomfort. The PA news agency reported that the England pace bowler flew to Belgium to see his specialist during a nearly three-week absence from IPL, and according to The Telegraph, he had undergone a minor surgery before going back to India.