Lucknow Super Giants changed their star English pacer Mark Wood with West Indies bowler Shamar Joseph for the upcoming Indian Premier League 2024 season on Saturday, February 10. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) reportedly pulled out Wood to handle his workload forward of the T20 World Cup 2024.Â
The Caribbean quick bowler just lately made a memorable entry in worldwide cricket and is about to make a debut within the IPL. The 24-year-old right-arm pacer took 14 wickets in two Tests towards Australia on his debut in worldwide cricket final month. Shamar took seven wickets within the second innings at The Gabba Test to present West Indies a historic Test win in Australia after 27 years.Â
Shamar will be a part of the KL Rahul-led LSG aspect for INR 3 crore. Mark Wood was signed in the course of the IPL 2022 public sale for INR 7.5 crore however the speedster missed the season with an damage. Wood made an early affect within the IPL 2023 with 11 wickets in simply 4 matches however struggled along with his accidents once more.Â
“Lucknow Super Giants name Shamar Joseph as a replacement for Mark Wood,” IPL media advisory mentioned. “Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) named Shamar Joseph as a replacement for pacer Mark Wood for the upcoming edition of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024. Joseph will join LSG for INR 3 Crore. The speedster was recently at the forefront during West Indiesâ Test win at the Gabba. He picked 7 wickets in the 2nd innings to script a historic win in Australia for West Indies. This will be Joseph’s first stint in the IPL.”
The Lucknow-based franchise spent closely to strengthen their tempo assault in the course of the IPL 2024 public sale in December final 12 months. LSG signed Shivam Mavi for INR 6.4 crore and in addition secured the signatures of David Willey and Arshad Khan to bolster their pace-bowling choices. Shamar is additional anticipated to spice up their tempo assault forward of the IPL 2024 having made a memorable begin to red-ball cricket.
