English explosive batter Jason Roy pulled out of Indian Premier League 2024 citing personal reasons. On Thursday (11th April) he revealed the reasons behind of his decision to opt out the IPL 2024.

Jason Roy
Jason Roy was bought for INR 2.8 crores by Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023, as an injury replacement. He amassed 285 runs at an average of 35.62 and a jaw dropping strike rate of 151.59. As a result, he was retained by KKR before he opted out of the IPL 2024 at the start of the March citing personal reasons. On Thursday he revealed that he wanted to put his ''mindset and body'' first and that's the reason of skipping this lucrative T20 league.

"I've not just woken up one morning and thought, 'you know what - I actually don't feel like getting on that flight to India'. A lot of thought has gone into it, and yeah, it's become far easier to talk about and a far easier decision" - Jason Roy via The Athlete's Voice podcast.

"Missing this year's IPL was a huge decision, I think," Roy said. "KKR put so much trust in me by retaining me after a decent year last year and being available for them throughout the year and all the other competitions, you know, I felt like I owe them a huge amount. It was a very big decision, but a decision I came to just because it was my daughter's fifth birthday as soon as our first game was, there were a few things going on, I was quite tired after the start of my year.

"I've come off the back of not a huge amount of cricket, so the last couple of months have really taken it out of me. And so I was very honest to KKR and we've got a fantastic relationship, so we were able to come to an agreement and stuff like that on why I wasn't coming. They completely understood so I'm very grateful to them for that. But I just had to put myself first, you know, just mindset and body."

"It's your decision - I've got a young family, I'm a grown man and I've made the decision off the back of a lot of thoughts. I've not just woken up one morning and thought, 'You know what - I actually don't feel like getting on that flight to India'. A lot of thought has gone into it, and yeah, it's become far easier to talk about and a far easier decision, just because you know, especially from past experiences, what that can do to you." - he added.