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The excitement of IPL 2024 (IPL 2024) has already started among the fans. Every day there are some big updates about this biggest cricket league in the world. Meanwhile, before the upcoming IPL, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) suffered a huge setback. In fact, the team’s star fast bowler Gus Atkinson was ruled out for the entire season. However, Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera has been replaced by KKR.
The Indian Premier League has shared this information on its official website. Dushmantha Chamira for KKR IPL 2024 for Rs. 50 lakh to replace Gus Atkinson. Known for his swing and fast bowling, Chamira is now all set to trouble the opposition batsmen for KKR in the upcoming season.
Chameera has also participated in IPL before. He played for Rajasthan Royals in 2018, Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021 and Lucknow Supergiants in 2022. He also took 12 wickets in 9 matches for Lucknow. Chamira is an experienced bowler and that’s why he can trouble big batsmen in IPL.
If we look at the statistics of Dushmantha Chamira in the T20 format, this bowler has participated in 119 T20 matches so far in his career. During this time he took 118 wickets to his name. Chamira will now look to support Mitchell Starc in the fast bowling attack next season.
🚨 NEWS 🚨@KKRiders Name Dushmantha Chameera as replacement for Gus Atkinson.
More details 🔽 #TATAIPLhttps://t.co/ioBPp22mGi
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) February 19, 2024
In the auction held for IPL 2024, the Kolkata Knight Riders team fetched Rs. 1 crore and bought Gus Atkinson. However, it is not yet clear whether he missed the IPL due to injury or due to some other reasons. Had he played, it would have been the first IPL of his career. But it turns out that he will not be seen in action this year.
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