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The 47th match of IPL 2023 has now been played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Prior to this match, Nitish Rana's Kolkata Knight Riders suffered a major setback as the team's wicketkeeper Liton Das has been ruled out of IPL 2000. The reason for being out is an emergency in the family due to which he returned home after playing a match but now news is coming that he is out of the entire tournament. Let us tell you that Liton Das played only one match against Delhi Capitals this season. But now as his replacement, a world champion has entered the Kolkata team, who was out of the team for almost 6 years. After the ouster of Liton Das, his place has been replaced by Johnson Charles of West Indies in Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 50 lakhs.
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* Johnson Charles out of the team for 6 years:
Let us tell you that Johnson Charles was also a member of the West Indies team that won the T20 World Cup in 2012 and 2016. He is the fourth batsman in the world to return after being out of the team for the longest time in the history of T20 cricket. Johnson Charles returned to the West Indies T20 team after 6 years and 8 days in 2022 After returning to T20 after a long wait, Johnson also scored a maiden century against South Africa in March this year.
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* Johnson gave a wound to India:
Johnson Charles is mainly remembered for one of his innings, hardly any cricket lover of India would have forgotten one of his stormy innings till now. He broke India's dream in the semi-final match of the 2016 T20 World Cup. During that time, Johnson Johnson had played a brilliant inning of 52 runs in 36 balls and on the basis of his innings, West Indies had thrown India out of the World Cup by defeating India by 7 wickets.
