The 16-year-old has joined KKR for a base worth of Rs 20 lakhs.
Kolkata Knight Riders have introduced in 16-year-old Afghanistan spinner Allah Ghazanfar to exchange the injured Mujeeb Ur Rahman for this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise confirmed this information on Thursday. Ghazanfar, who signed up with KKR for INR 20 lakh, displayed his expertise on the 2024 U-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa earlier this 12 months.
Allah Ghazanfar has represented Afghanistan in two ODIs. The younger cricketer has additionally been in three T20 matches and 6 List A matches. In these video games, he took 5 wickets in T20s and 4 wickets in List A matches.
On the opposite hand, Keshav Maharaj, a left-arm spinner from South Africa, has joined the Rajasthan Royals (RR) as a substitute for the injured Indian quick bowler, Prasidh Krishna.
KKR up to date squad:
Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, KS Bharat (wk), Chetan Sakariya, Mitchell Starc, Angkrish Raghvanshi, Ramandeep Singh, (*16*) Rutherford, Manish Pandey, Gus Atkinson, Sakib Hussain, Allah Ghazanfar.
