The Indian Premier League franchisees have confirmed the replacements for the second leg of the Indian Premier League second segment. The IPL 2021 is resuming in the UAE five months after the cash-rich league was suspended after 30 matches in India due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Delhi Capitals (DC), Mumbai Indians (MI), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrise Hyderabad (SRH) have named more replacements for the remainder of the IPL 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has confirmed in a Press release.
The league will resume in the United Arab Emirates today, September 19.
Delhi Capitals have brought in Ben Dwarshuis to replace England all-rounder Chris Woakes. Left-arm pacer Dwarshuis, from Australia has thus far played 82 T20s and has 100 wickets to his name. The franchise has also named left-arm medium pacer Kulwant Khejroliya as replacement for M Siddharth. Khejroliya has represented Mumbai Indians & Royal Challengers Bangalore in the past.
Mumbai Indians have named Gujarat’s left-arm medium pacer Roosh Kalaria to their squad in place of Mohsin Khan. Kalaria has thus far played 54 First-Class matches, 46 List A games and 31 T20s picking a total of 271 wickets.
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Punjab Kings who had already named Adil Rashid & Nathan Ellis as replacement players for Jhye Richardson & Riley Meredith have added one more player to the list. With Dawid Malan unavailable, South Africa’s Aiden Markram will replace him in the squad.
Rajasthan Royals have added the West Indian duo of Oshane Thomas and Evin Lewis to the squad. They will replace Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler. Thomas, a right-arm pacer, has played 17 T20Is and represented RR in the past. Lewis, a left-handed batsman, has played 45 T20Is, scoring 1318 runs at a strike-rate of 158.03. He also has 2 hundreds and 9 fifties to his name. RR had earlier named Tabraiz Shamsi and Glenn Phillips in the squad.
Royal Challengers Bangalore have picked Bengal medium-pacer Akash Deep to replace injured Washington Sundar. Akash Deep has thus far played 9 First-Class matches, 11 List A games and 15 T20s and has 73 wickets against his name. RCB had earlier made four replacements to their squad, bringing in Wanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, George Garton and Tim David for Adam Zampa, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson and Finn Allen respectively.
Sunrisers Hyderabad have brought Sherfane Rutherford on board as a replacement for England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow. The West Indian, who has played 7 IPL games, had earlier been part of Delhi Capitals and Mumbai Indians.
| Injured / Replaced Player | Team | Replacement Player |
| M Siddharth | DC | Kulwant Khejroliya |
| Chris Woakes | DC | Ben Dwarshuis |
| Mohsin Khan | MI | Roosh Kalaria |
| Riley Meredith | PBKS | Nathan Ellis |
| Jhye Richardson | PBKS | Adil Rashid |
| Dawid Malan | PBKS | Aiden Markram |
| Andrew Tye | RR | Tabraiz Shamsi |
| Jofra Archer | RR | Glenn Phillips |
| Ben Stokes | RR | Oshane Thomas |
| Jos Buttler | RR | Evin Lewis |
| Adam Zampa | RCB | Wanindu Hasaranga |
| Daniel Sams | RCB | Dushmantha Chameera |
| Kane Richardson | RCB | George Garton |
| Finn Allen | RCB | Tim David |
| Washington Sundar | RCB | Akash Deep |
| Jonny Bairstow | SRH | Sherfane Rutherford |
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