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Oram considering IPL pull-out March 31, 2009 10:55 IST New Zealand [Images] all-rounder Jacob Oram [Images] says he will pull out of the Indian Premier League [Images] if a nagging Achilles tendon strain prevents him from playing the domestic State Championship final on April 6. Oram, who represents Chennai Super Kings [Images] in the cash-rich league, denied suggestions that he was trying to save himself for the Twenty20 [Images] event by not playing in the ongoing Test series against India which the Kiwis trail 0-1. "I can understand people thinking I'm cotton-wooling myself but I'll definitely take myself out (of the IPL) if I don't get through the final," Oram told 'The Dominion Post'. Apart from the India series, the injury has forced him to withdraw from the Central Districts' domestic four-day match against Auckland. But the imposing all-rounder said he was hopeful of being fit for the State Championship final against the same side at Lincoln, outside Christchurch. Oram has a USD 675,000 contract with the Chennai Super Kings, who will open the second edition of the IPL against the Mumbai Indians [Images] in Cape Town on April 18.
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