Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have roped in Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera because the substitute for younger England pacer Gus Atkinson forward of the Indian Premier League (2024).
An assertion issued by IPL stated, “Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have named Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement for England pacer Gus Atkinson for the upcoming edition of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024.” (‘Working On Technical Aspects’: Ishan Kishan Skips Ranji Trophy For THIS T20 Tournament)
Chameera will be part of KKR at a reserve value of Rs 50 Lakh. The Sri Lankan speedster, who is thought for his tempo, and might hassle the batters along with his swing and seam actions, was part of Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore within the 2018 and 2021 IPL seasons, respectively. He represented Lucknow Super Giants within the 2022 season, the place he picked up 9 wickets from 12 matches.
Atkinson, who has taken 17 wickets in 9 ODIs and three T20Is throughout England, was purchased for Rs 1 crore by KKR within the IPL 2024 public sale held in Dubai final 12 months. The 26-year-old made his worldwide debut simply final 12 months and gathered some headlines for his tempo.
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Chameera has performed 12 Tests, 52 ODIs and 55 T20Is for Sri Lanka, having taken 32, 56 and 55 wickets respectively throughout these codecs. He made his worldwide debut in 2015. (Ishan Kishan Update: Spending Time With Family, Eating Home-Cooked Food Helping Star Cricketer To Get Back In Groove)
With star abroad gamers like Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Jason Roy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Mitchell Starc out there together with a powerful Indian core in Nitish Rana, skipper Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Venkatesh Iyer and Varun Charkavarthy, KKR will probably be aiming to do effectively in IPL 2024. Last season, they completed seventh with six wins and eight losses. 12 factors weren’t sufficient to earn them a spot in playoffs.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024 squad: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, Dushmantha Chameera, Sakib Hussain.
