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KKR has included the England team’s explosive batsman Jason Roy in their team in the replacement of Iyer

Sarita Dey
1 year ago

Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered many major setbacks in the 16th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023). One of these is the injury of regular captain Shreyas Iyer. But KKR has included the England team’s explosive batsman Jason Roy in their team in replacement of Iyer.

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English cricketer Jason has been signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2.80 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders Sign Jason Roy To Replace Shreyas Iyer For IPL 2023  Season | Cricket News | Zee News

At the same time, Roy can be seen playing in the match between KKR and GT (GT vs KKR).
English cricketer Jason Roy has been signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 2.80 crore, more than his base price of Rs 1.50 crore. After the ouster of KKR’s regular captain Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2023, Jason Roy was roped in by the team. Whereas Roy has now joined the team and has also reached the KKR camp. However, Roy will be seen playing in the next match against Gujarat.

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English batsman Jason Roy has not played many matches in IPL

IPL 2023: English batter Jason Roy joins Kolkata Knight Riders as Shreyas  Iyer ruled out | Sports - PTC News

Although English batsman Jason Roy has not played many matches in IPL. If we talk about his IPL career, he has played a total of 13 matches in IPL so far. During this, he has scored 329 runs at an average of 30.00 and a strike rate of 123.96. Apart from this, Ross played for Hyderabad in the year 2021.

Kolkata Knight Riders Full Team

Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, David Wise, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Liton Das, Jason Roy.