IPL 2024 Replacement: Shahrukh khan gave place to this Sri Lankan player in his team

IPL 2024 Replacement: Even before IPL 2024, a big change has been seen in the team of Kolkata Knight Riders. Actually, Kolkata Knight Riders have included Sri Lankan super fast fast bowler in the team in place of England fast bowler Gus Atkinson. This huge change has been seen in the KKR team before IPL 2024.

IPL 2024 KKR Replacement: Even before the start of IPL 2024, a big change has been seen in the team of Kolkata Knight Riders. In fact, the KKR team, which has won the IPL title twice, has included Sri Lankan super fast fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement in place of England fast bowler Gus Atkinson.

Now in IPL 2024, in place of Gus Atkinson, Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera will be seen in Kolkata Knight Riders, blowing the stumps of the batsmen with his fast balls. Let us tell you that in the IPL auction held in Dubai, no franchise had placed a bet on Dushmantha Chameera. But now this bowler will be seen playing for Kolkata Knight Riders.

KKR got Chameera for 50 lakhs

Kolkata Knight Riders included Gus Atkinson in the team with a base price of Rs 1 crore in the auction. But even before the start of IPL 2024, this star fast bowler is out of the league. KKR has included Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera in the team in place of Gus Atkinson with a base price of Rs 50 lakh. He recently participated in the ODI series played against Afghanistan.

🚨 NEWS 🚨@KKRiders name Dushmantha Chameera as replacement for Gus Atkinson.

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 19, 2024

In which two wickets were taken in his name. Dushmantha Chameera is known for his speed. He throws the ball at a speed of 145 to 150. At the same time, most of the fast bowlers get help in KKR’s home ground. After which, making this legendary Sri Lankan player a part of their team seems to be a good move by KKR management.

Made debut in 2022

Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been a part of many big teams in IPL. But he got the chance to debut in IPL in 2022 from Lucknow Super Giants. He played 12 matches for this team. In which he took 9 wickets. Then he could not play in IPL 2023. But KKR has once again bet on this player. Let us tell you that the mentor of Lucknow Super Giants in 2022 was Gautam Gambhir. Who has become the mentor of Kolkata Night Writers in 2024. If seen from this perspective, Gautam Gambhir’s faith in his rival Chameera once again shows what wonders this fast bowler can do with his fast balls.

Complete squad of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2024

Shreyas Iyer (captain), Sherfane Rutherford, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Jason Roy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Mitchell Starc, Chetan Sakariya, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shakib Hussain, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty and Dushmantha Chameera.