This deadly batsman will join the KKR team in the middle of the season, has won two World Cups

IPL 2023: More than half the matches have been played in IPL 2023. After these matches, there is a close fight between all the teams. But even after half the season is over, the KKR team seems to be looking for a comeback. Many star players for the team are out of the team due to injury. At the same time, some players have left the team in the middle of the season due to their personal reasons. The name of Liton Das is also included in these players. But now the KKR team has included a player in their squad as his replacement, who bats very well in T20. We are talking about Johnson Charles of West Indies. Charles has now become a part of the KKR team.

KKR will benefit

Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday announced Johnson Charles as the replacement for Liton Das for the remainder of the IPL 2023 season. Charles is a wicket-keeper batsman. He has represented West Indies in 41 T20 Internationals. Where he has scored 971 runs at a strike rate of 130. He was part of the West Indies team in the T20 World Cup played in the years 2012 and 2016. Where the West Indies team won the World Cup. Apart from this, he has played a total of 224 T20 matches so far. Where he has more than 5600 runs in his name. Looking at the record of Charles, it seems that he can do well for the KKR team. KKR team has included him in their team for Rs 50 lakh.

Many star players out of the team

Many star players are running out of KKR's squad this year due to injury. Team captain Shreyas Iyer was ruled out of IPL due to injury even before the start of the season. In the middle of the season, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur are running out of playing 11 due to injury. Overall, KKR is facing a lot of difficulties at the moment.

KKR performance in IPL so far

If we take a look at the performance of KKR in IPL 2023, they have won only 3 out of 9 matches while they have lost in 5 matches. His team is currently at the eighth position on the points table. It will not be easy for them to make a comeback from here. He has to play his next match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 4th May. And after that they will face Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals. Both these teams are doing well this year.