Gujarat Titans announce Jason Roy’s replacement
IPL’s new franchise Gujarat Titans have announced a cricketer to replace Jason Roy for the upcoming edition of Indian Premier League. Roy pulled out of IPL 2022 due to bio bubble fatigue concerns.
The player to replace the English cricketer is Afghanistan wicket keeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Gujarat Titans took the decision to include a back up wicket keeping option for Wriddhiman Saha. Titans have another wicket keeper in their ranks in the form of Matthew Wade, but the Australian cricketer won’t be available to play until April 6 as per the new Australian contracted players agreement.
Gurbaz will be the third Afghanistan cricketer in the Titans squad. He will now be joining Rashid Khan and Noor Ahmad. The other Afghanistan cricketers who are featuring in IPL 2022 are Mohammad Nabi (KKR) and Fazalhaq Farooqi (SRH).
Rahmanullah Gurbaz has played 9 ODIs and 20 T20Is for Afghanistan. Gurbaz, a 20 year old wicket keeper batsman is knowing for his dashing approach with the bat. He recorded 1620 T20 runs in 68 innings at an average of 24.17 powered by a strike rate of 151.82. He has 10 half centuries to his name with a high score of 99.
Gujarat Titans will play their first match on March 28 against Lucknow Super Giants who will also be making their IPL debut on the very same day. The match is schedule to take place at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Gujarat Titans are placed under Group B, which also includes teams like Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Punjab Kings.
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A total of 70 league matches and 4 playoffs are scheduled to take place in Mumbai and Pune together. There will be 12 double headers in total with the first match starting at 3:30PM IST. All evening matches will start at 7:30PM IST
