The 18th season of the IPL is just a few days away and all the teams are highly excited for IPL 2025. Meanwhile, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have suffered a major setback ahead of the upcoming season. KKR’s fast bowler whom they had acquired for IPL 2025 and who had already made a name for himself in the league, is now ruled out due to injury. He had impressed everyone with his ability to bowl at a speed of 150 KM/H during a match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Sunrisers Hyderabad. In 2021, while playing for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), he was initially selected as a net bowler for the IPL. However, due to his injury he will now miss IPL 2025. To replace him, KKR has brought in Chetan Sakariya.
KKR’s first match in IPL 2025 will be against RCB on March 22. Meanwhile, it will be interesting to see how Chetan Sakariya performs for KKR, as he has been selected in place of Umran Malik.
Chetan Sakariya is an Indian International cricketer who currently plays domestic cricket for Saurashtra. He has previously been a part of Delhi Capitals and Rajasthan Royals. He made his debut for Indian team in 2021 and has never missed an opportunity since then. Now, in IPL 2025 he will play for Kolkata Knight Riders. It remains to be seen how he rises to the occasion for KKR.
Chatan Sakariya’s Record: He has played a total of 19 matches in the IPL so far, taking 20 wickets with an economy rate of 8.43 and an average of 29.55. His best bowling figures are 6/38. He made his IPL debut in 2021 while playing for Rajasthan Royals, recently, he will be playing for Kolkata Knight Riders in place of Umran Malik.
KKR’s squad for IPL 2025
Batters– Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Quinton De Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnith Sisodia
All Rounders– Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Moeen Ali, Ramandeep Singh, Andre Russell
Bowlers– Anrich Nortje, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande, Spencer Johnson, Harshit Rava, Sunil Narine , Varun Chakaravarthy, Chetan Sakariya.
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