Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday reportedly knowledgeable his IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders about his unavailability for the whole ongoing season resulting from worldwide commitments and private causes.
KKR is now within the means of changing the all-rounder.
As per a report in ESPNCricinfo, Shakib has opted out of IPL 2023 resulting from his worldwide engagements with the Bangladesh cricket group in addition to some private causes.
Shakib had already missed out for KKR in opposition to Punjab Kings final weekend together with wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das, who was purchased by the franchise for his base value of Rs 50 lakh on the public sale final December.
It was believed that Shakib can be accessible for choice after the house T20I collection in opposition to Ireland which ended on March 31.
However, being a part of the Test squad for the one-off sport in opposition to Ireland (April 4-8) meant the star Bangladeshi would have joined the KKR squad by April 9.
Shakib’s stint with KKR would have been simply three weeks between April 9 and May 1.
Bangladesh are additionally set to tour exterior Ireland to participate in a three-match ODI collection at Chelmsford on 9, 12 and 14 May.
However, there isn’t a replace or readability on the supply of Das’ participation within the IPL.
KKR, who’re already with out their common skipper Shreyas Iyer this IPL, have David Wiese, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Tim Southee as different abroad gamers. After dropping their opening conflict – an away sport in Mohali in opposition to the Punjab Kings by seven runs through the DLS methodology – Kolkata Knight Riders are set to face a troublesome Royal Challengers Bangalore at their house floor, the Eden Gardens, on 6 April. Challenge needs to be confronted.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
