Kolkata Knight Riders are all equipped for the upcoming version of the Indian Premier League, the place they are going to be opening their marketing campaign towards Punjab Kings on Saturday in Mohali. The two-time champions might be lacking out on the companies of their skipper and highly effective batter Shreyas Iyer, as he’s recovering from a again harm. In his absence, Delhi-based batter Nitish Rana might be main the pack. KKR have gotten many names of their squad and one among them being, New Zealand ace pacer Lockie Ferguson. The Kiwi fast had earlier performed for KKR between 2019-2021, earlier than he was acquired by Gujarat Titans in 2022. However, Ferguson might be donning the purple jersey once more as he was traded again to KKR earlier than the mini auctions in December final yr.
To mark his arrival within the coaching camp, KKR posted a hilarious video on their YouTube channel, the place a person could possibly be seen trying to find vegetable lauki (bottle guard) in an area market. He lastly received an enormous piece of bottle guard from a vegetable vendor after which a small transition within the video confirmed, Ferguson holding the vegetable ‘lauki’ and saying, “You’re not looking for this Lauki, you’re looking for this Lockie,” pointing at himself.
In the final season, Ferguson scalped 12 wickets in 13 matches for Gujarat Titans. Earlier in 2021, he received 13 wickets in 8 video games for KKR.
In the absence of Iyer, a number of media studies urged that each Rana and veteran West Indies spinner Sunil Narine have been being thought of for the management function, however the franchise confirmed their choice on social media.
Rana, who has been a part of the KKR facet since 2018, has led Delhi in white-ball cricket and he might be supported by senior cricketers like Andre Russell and Shakib Al Hasan.
Players purchased in IPL 2023 auction-Shakib Al Hasan (Rs 1.50 crore), N. Jagadeesan (Rs 90 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 60 lakh), Suyash Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), David Wiese (Rs 1 crore), Kulwant Khejroliya (Rs 20 lakh), Litton Das (Rs 50 lakh), Mandeep Singh (Rs 50 lakh).
Players retained forward of IPL 2023 public sale -Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Tim Southee, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh.
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