Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have named Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement for England pacer Gus Atkinson for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024).
Chameera, who had gone unsold at the auction, will now join KKR for his base price of INR 50 lakh. The 32-year-old has been part of was a part of Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Lucknow Super Giants in the 2018, 2021 and 2023 IPL seasons, respectively.
Chameera has played 12 IPL games so far, taking nine wickets at an economy rate of 8.73.
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Chameera has recently played for Dubai Capitals, the UAE affiliate of Knight Riders in the ILT20.
“Ayubowan Kolkata, I always wanted to wear the Purpule jersey and it’s a dream come true for me and my team. I am counting days to join Gautam Gambir and the rest of the KKR team. See you soon Kolkata,” Dushmantha Chameera.
KKR Squad for IPL 2024
Shreyas Iyer (C), Andre Russell, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Anukul Roy, Chetan Sakariya, Dushmantha Chameera, Harshit Rana, Jason Roy, KS Bharat, Manish Pandey, Mitchell Starc, Mujeeb Rahman, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Sakib Hussain, Sherfane Rutherford, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer.