England batter Liam Livingstone is set to get his fitness clearance from the ECB by the weekend and will join his IPL team Punjab Kings on April 10.

Livingstone has not played competitive cricket since suffering a knee injury on his Test debut in Pakistan four months ago.

He had also endured an ankle injury last year and that flared up in recent weeks to make his rehab tougher.

An IPL source said that Livingstong is arriving in India on April 10.

“He will be arriving on Monday,” the source said.

It is certain that he will miss Punjab Kings’ third game of the season against Surnisers Hyderabad on April 9 but could play their fourth game at home on April 13.

On Thursday, Livingtone said he is close to regaining full fitness.

“(I’m) getting there, finally,” Livingstone said. “It’s been a long road: three or four days a week at the gym over the last three or four months.

"Maybe towards the end of this week, or start of next week, I’ll fly out to India and get going again.

“Feeling much better. I had some injections midway last week. It’s settled it down a lot.”