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Dushmantha Chameera Joins Kolkata Knight Riders, Replacing Gus Atkinson

Dushmantha Chameera Joins Kolkata Knight Riders, Replacing Gus Atkinson

Introduction

The Kolkata Knight Riders – The Indian Premier League (IPL) disclosed on Monday that Dushmantha Chameera, a Sri Lankan cricketer, will take over Gus Atkinson in 2024. For more information on cricket and the IPL 2024, go to iplcricbet.

Chameera’s History and Contract Specifics

Chameera, who once played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in 2021 and the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in 2018, recently signed a reserve price commitment with KKR worth Rs 50 lakh, according to the IPL’s administrator. Chameera played for the Lucknow SuperGiants during the 2022 season, taking nine wickets in 12 matches.

Kolkata Knight Riders- player auction fee for the IPL 2024

KS Bharat – INR 50 lakh

Chetan Sakariya – INR 50 lakh

Mitchell Starc – INR 24.75 crore

Angkrish Raghuvanshi – INR 20 lakh

Ramandeep Singh – INR 20 lakh

Sherfane Rutherford – INR 1.5 crore

Manish Pandey – INR 50 lakh

Mujeeb Ur Rahman – INR 2 crore

Gus Atkinson – INR 1 crore

Sakib Hussain – INR 20 lakh

IPL 2024- group for KKR

Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer (c), Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, KS Bharat, Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, Sherfane Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain.

Injury Replacements in WPL

In IPL news, the Gujarat Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore have made substitutions for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) due to injuries.

Gujarat Giants Select Sayali Satghare

Kashvee Gautam, the pricey uncapped Indian player in WPL, will miss the second edition due to injury. Gujarat Giants have chosen Mumbai’s Sayali Sathgare as her replacement at a reserve cost of Rs 10 lakh.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore chose to field with Sushmitha Pradhanicz.

Comparable to this, not having Kanika Ahuja of WPL 2024 in Royal Challengers Bangalore team due to injury caused reshuffling within the same squad. Shradda Pokharkar, a quick bowler from Maharashtra, was selected at a reserve price of Rs 10 lakh to play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad in her absence.

Conclusion-

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have made a major announcement for the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL): Sri Lankan fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera will replace Gus Atkinson. Chameera, who formerly played for the Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore, has extensive experience.

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