IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore on Friday announced the names of new players in place of two of their injured players, Reece Topley and Rajat Patidar. RCB has included Wayne Parnell of South Africa in place of Reece Topley of England. At the same time, instead of Indian batsman Rajat Patidar, RCB has given his place to Vaishak Vijay Kumar in his team.
Let us tell you that during the match played against Kolkata Knight Riders at Eden Gardens, RCB head coach Sanjay Bangar confirmed Reece Topley's exit from the IPL season. Sanjay Bangar had said that, unfortunately, Rees would have to go back home as he was out of the tournament. Apart from this, Bangar also told that Sri Lankan leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga is coming from New Zealand on 10 April. Apart from him, Jos Hazlewood can also join the team by 14 April.
Record of two new players of RCB
Now on Friday, RCB announced new players in place of its two injured players. RCB has included Wayne Parnell in place of Reece Topley and Vaishak Vijay Kumar in place of Rajat Patidar. Talking about South African left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell, he has played a total of 56 T20s, 73 ODIs and 6 Test matches for South Africa so far. He has taken 59, 99 and 15 wickets in all three formats respectively. In the T20 format, his economy has been 8.29, while the best bowling figures have been taking 5 wickets for 30 runs.
Talking about Vaishak Vijay Kumar plays domestic cricket for Karnataka. He is a right-arm media pace bowler. He has taken 22 wickets in 14 T20 matches at an economy rate of just 6.92 and an average of 16.04. During this, his best bowling performance was to get 3 wickets for just 5 runs. Now it has to be seen how much these two new players can balance the team combination of RCB. RCB started IPL 2023 with a resounding win, but in the second match, they were beaten by Kolkata Knight Riders by 81 runs.
