Indian Premier League 2023: The team of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has announced to make 20-year-old young player Arya Desai a part of its team as a replacement for experienced all-rounder player Shakib Al Hasan for the 16th season of IPL. The franchise has included Arya Desai in their team at a base price of Rs 20 lakh.
Talking about 20-year-old Arya Desai, he plays for the Gujarat team in domestic cricket and has played 3 first-class matches so far. In these 3 matches, a total of 151 runs were seen from Arya Desai’s bat, in which in an innings he played a brilliant inning of 88 runs against the Vidarbha team at Nagpur ground in the month of January this year.
Arya can prove useful for the team in bowling along with batting, in which he also bowls off-spin. The role of spin bowlers has been seen to be very important on the pitch of the Eden Gardens ground and in such a situation, Arya can prove to be very useful for the team with both bat and ball. Arya Desai’s average of 25.16 with the bat has been seen so far in domestic cricket. Apart from this, he has not taken a single wicket in bowling.
Excellent performance of Kolkata team so far
So far this season, the team of Kolkata Knight Riders has seen a great performance on the field, in which the team has impressed everyone with its game under the captaincy of Nitish Rana. The team has won 2 out of the 3 matches played so far in a spectacular manner. After which the team is currently occupying the fourth position on the points table with 4 points.
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