Former South Africa pacer Dale Steyn has heaped reward on his compatriot Keshav Maharaj following the latter’s newest IPL contract announcement with Rajasthan Royals (RR).
Maharaj, who arrived in India earlier to coach with the Lucknow Super Giants gamers through the seventeenth version of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was left pleasantly shocked after the winners of the inaugural version of the IPL, Rajasthan provided him a contract and welcomed him on board as Prasidh Krishna’s alternative.
Maharaj’s former South Africa teammate Steyn took to ‘X’ and congratulated him for his “well-deserved” contract.
“I’m often a little late in my tweets but Keshav Maharaj getting called up to the IPL is incredible well deserved. In a country rich with spinners, to acquire an overseas finger spinner just shows what a quality player he is! Well done Kesh!” posted Steyn.
Steyn, who was related to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) within the earlier season as their bowling coach determined to not make himself accessible for the seventeenth version of the event.
Notably, Maharaj is among the finest finger spinners going round in world cricket in the mean time. The captain of Durban’s Super Giants claimed 15 scalps through the second season of SA20 earlier this 12 months. He was his group’s main wicket-taker and took his facet to the summit conflict of the season.
With the wickets anticipated to be slower through the course of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup within the Caribbean and the USA, Maharaj is predicted to play a vital function for the Proteas.
Rajasthan Royals IPL 2024 squad:
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan, Rovman Powell, Nandre Burger, Tanush Kotian, Shubham Dubey, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Keshav Maharaj, Donovan Ferreira, Abid Mushtaq, Kunal Singh Rathore.
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