Kolkata Knight Riders have named Johnson Charles as a replacement for Litton Das for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
KKR Named Johnson Charles As Litton Das Replacement
The 28-year-old, who was bought by KKR at his base price of Rs 50 lakh at last year’s auction, was dropped after playing just one match against Delhi Capitals.
Kolkata Knight Riders on Thursday named Johnson Charles as a replacement for Litton Das for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023.
Charles – a wicketkeeper-batter – has represented West Indies in 41 T20Is, scoring 971 runs and was a part of West Indies’ 2012 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20-winning squads. Additionally, he has played 224 T20s and has over 5600 runs against his name.
In the only match that the right-handed keeper-batter played this year against the Delhi Capitals, he registered only 4 runs and had a forgettable outing behind the stumps, missing two stumping opportunities of Axar Patel and Lalit Yadav in the match that KKR lost.
Earlier this month, Litton had left the Knight Riders’ camp to attend to a family member’s medical issue. He contested in only one game in IPL 2023 having been bought for INR 50 lakh at the auction in December last year by KKR.
KKR will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday evening. Charles, however, won’t be available for this fixture as his arrival date is yet not confirmed.
