Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have roped in England’s Jason Roy as injured Shreyas Iyer’s alternative. Roy has been signed for INR 2.8 crore for the IPL 2023 from his base worth of INR 1.5 crore.
Shreyas Iyer has been dominated out of the match owing to a decrease again harm whereas Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has confirmed his unavailability for the season.
Roy, who earlier featured within the 2017 and 2018 seasons, final performed within the 2021 season for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In 2021, he performed 5 video games, scoring 150 runs together with a half-century. The 32-year-old has performed 64 T20Is for England, scoring 1522 runs at a S/R of 137.61 with 8 fifties.
Iyer has opted to get his surgical procedure carried out in London. As per a Cricbuzz report, the 28-year-old’s again harm is said to his disc. Earlier Hardik Pandya had opted to go to London for surgical procedure when he too suffered a career-threatening again harm. Nevertheless, star pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Prasidh Krishna have opted to go to New Zealand for his or her remedies.