Two-time IPL champions, Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday introduced that New Zealand pacer Tim Southee will substitute Australian pacer Pat Cummins for the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 season. Cummins declared himself unavailable for the season for private causes.
Southee has huge expertise of 305 worldwide video games with 603 wickets for the Kiwis. KKR head coach Brendon McCullum mentioned, “We are delighted to have Southee in our ranks. He is a confirmed match winner and a welcome addition to KKR’s already robust tempo assault.”
“With Cummins unavailable, we wanted to add experience and leadership to our bowling group and Southee is the ideal man for the job.”
KKR will resume their marketing campaign on 20 September in opposition to RCB on the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Player substitute for RCB, RR, PBKS and KKR
Ahead of the resumption of VIVO IPL 2021 within the United Arab Emirates on 19 September, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) made replacements of their respective squads. introduced. remainder of the season.
PBKS have signed Australian quick bowler Nathan Ellis for Riley Meredith. Ellis was lately within the limelight after her hat-trick on her worldwide debut in opposition to Bangladesh earlier this month. The right-arm pacer is among the reserve gamers in Australia’s 2021 T20I World Cup squad. PBKS have additionally picked up England leg-spinner Adil Rashid rather than Jhye Richardson.
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RCB have included Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga rather than Australia’s Adam Zampa. In the current three-match T20I sequence in opposition to India in Sri Lanka, Hasaranga took a complete of seven wickets together with taking 4 wickets within the closing T20I. Other replacements for RCB are Dushmantha Chameera for Daniel Sams, left-arm pacer George Garten for Kane Richardson and Tim David for New Zealand’s Finn Allen.
Meanwhile, RR have introduced in New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Glenn Phillips as a substitute for England’s Jofra Archer. Phillips has performed 25 T20Is to date and has 506 runs to his identify. He has scored 100 and a pair of half-centuries and his strike-rate is 149.70. South Africa’s Tabrez Shamsi has been included within the Rajasthan Royals squad rather than Andrew Tye.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
