NEW DELHI: South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen has been confirmed as the alternative for Steve Smith in Rajasthan Royals’ squad for the 11th season of the IPL starting April 7. Smith had remaining week stepped down as captain of Rajasthan following the ball-tampering controversy that broke in Cape Town, and then had his IPL contract torn up once Cricket Australia suspended him for 12 months.
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A BCCI press unencumber as of late confirmed that Klaasen, 26, has been purchased via Rajasthan for his base price of Rs 50 lakh having been overpassed during the player auction in January. This will probably be his first stint with an IPL franchise.
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"I am thankful to the Rajasthan Royals for giving me this opportunity and making me part of the squad. It can be my first IPL and in fact my first ever visit to India so I am in reality excited to be teaming up and sharing the dressing room with some great names. I've made it my project to ensure my performance makes a big have an effect on for my staff in the match,” mentioned Klaasen in commentary launched via the franchise.
In 49 career T20s, Klaasen has scored 1043 runs at a strike-rate of 146.28, with six fifties. He has 28 catches and 12 stumpings too. He made his T20I debut against India in February and was once Man of the Match in his second game, scoring 69 off 30 balls as South Africa chased down India’s total of 188 with six wickets and 8 balls ultimate.
Smith were a key figure for Rajasthan Royals before the franchise was once suspended for 2 years following the spot-fixing scandal of 2013. In the interim, he performed for Rising Pune Supergiant and remaining yr led the franchise to the IPL ultimate where they narrowly misplaced to Mumbai Indians.
Last week, Smith were suspended for three hundred and sixty five days for his position in the ball-tampering controversy. Rajasthan named Ajinkya Rahane as captain for the 2018 IPL season on the identical day on which the BCCI announced that Smith’s IPL contract was once torn up.
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A BCCI press unencumber as of late confirmed that Klaasen, 26, has been purchased via Rajasthan for his base price of Rs 50 lakh having been overpassed during the player auction in January. This will probably be his first stint with an IPL franchise.
ALSO READ: BCCI bars Steve Smith from IPL 2018
"I am thankful to the Rajasthan Royals for giving me this opportunity and making me part of the squad. It can be my first IPL and in fact my first ever visit to India so I am in reality excited to be teaming up and sharing the dressing room with some great names. I've made it my project to ensure my performance makes a big have an effect on for my staff in the match,” mentioned Klaasen in commentary launched via the franchise.
In 49 career T20s, Klaasen has scored 1043 runs at a strike-rate of 146.28, with six fifties. He has 28 catches and 12 stumpings too. He made his T20I debut against India in February and was once Man of the Match in his second game, scoring 69 off 30 balls as South Africa chased down India’s total of 188 with six wickets and 8 balls ultimate.
Smith were a key figure for Rajasthan Royals before the franchise was once suspended for 2 years following the spot-fixing scandal of 2013. In the interim, he performed for Rising Pune Supergiant and remaining yr led the franchise to the IPL ultimate where they narrowly misplaced to Mumbai Indians.
Last week, Smith were suspended for three hundred and sixty five days for his position in the ball-tampering controversy. Rajasthan named Ajinkya Rahane as captain for the 2018 IPL season on the identical day on which the BCCI announced that Smith’s IPL contract was once torn up.
Klaasen named replacement for Smith at Rajasthan Royals
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