Breaking News: Jason Roy to Join Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023 as Replacement for Shreyas Iyer

Kolkata Knight Riders signed England explosive opener batsman Jason Roy for INR 2.8 crore. He is going to replace the injured Shreyas Iyer. It is not clear yet for the replacement of Shakib Al Hasan.

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Replacement for Shreyas Iyer: Jason Roy

Shreyas Iyer has been out for the IPL 2023 season for a back problem. The Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is also not joining the KKR for the current season.

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Jason Roy stats

The explosive batsman Jason Roy last played in IPL 2021 season for Sunrisers Hyderabad. He scored 150 runs with one fifty in five games. The inclusion of Jason will boost the batting of KKR.
Jason Roy has played a total of 13 matches in IPL till IPL 2021 season. He has scored 329 runs with an average of 29.19 and a strike rate of 129.02. He has two fifties 39 fours and a total of 9 sixes. Jason’s highest score was 91 runs.

YEAR in IPL	Matches	Runs	Highest	Average	Strike Rate	100	50	4S	6S	CT	ST
2021	5	150	60	30.00	123.96	0	1	21	1	3	0
2018	5	120	91*	30.00	127.65	0	1	9	7	4	0
2017	3	59	31	29.50	147.50	0	0	9	1	1	0
Career	13	329	91	29.91	129.02	0	2	39	9	8	0

Source: IPL Official site

KKR Full Team

Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Dawid Wiese, Harshit Rana, Jason Roy, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Mandeep Singh, Narayan Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Shakib al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarty, Venkatesh Iyer

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