Australian Fast bowling allrounder Mitchell Marsh on Monday revealed that he will skip the cash-rich Indian Premier League and play for English county side Surrey next season to improve his game in test cricket.
“It was a fairly big decision from a money point of view but my ultimate goal is to play Test match cricket for Australia,” said Marsh.
Mitchell was signed for Rs 4.8 crore by Rising Pune Supergiant in the IPL auction last year.
“That’s the lure of the IPL – the money and playing in India, but I made the decision based on my cricket. When I made that decision, I didn’t really think I was going to be back there this quickly. But I’m really looking forward to the opportunity to play 14 red-ball games over there – if I can, and try and improve” he added.
Marsh had a good Ashes so far, and he even cracked his maiden Test hundred.
“Looking forward we have got a lot of cricket coming up in England over the next few years and I want to give myself the best opportunity to be over there and get used to the conditions,” he added.
