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Kotian replaces Zampa at Royals; Titans rope in Sharath to replace Minz
Royals head into IPL 2024 with only seven overseas players in their roster
ESPNcricinfo staff
22-Mar-2024
Mumbai spin-bowling allrounder Tanush Kotian has joined Rajasthan Royals as a replacement for Adam Zampa, while Gujarat Titans have brought in Karnataka wicketkeeper-batter BR Sharath to replace the injured Robin Minz for IPL 2024.
Zampa was retained by Royals ahead of the auction in December but pulled out of the competition due to personal reasons. He had a busy season leading in to IPL 2024 as he was part of the BBL as well as Australia's limited-overs series against India, West Indies and New Zealand since the end of the ODI World Cup in India last year.
Kotian was on the radar of several IPL franchises ahead of the 2023 auction. But after finding his name in BCCI's list of Suspect Bowling action, no one risked a bid. He is now coming on the back of an excellent Ranji Trophy, where he scored 502 runs, second-most for Mumbai, along with 29 strikes with the ball in the title-win. He also scored a century batting at No. 10 in the competition.
Full postKohli 'excited' to be back after two-month break
The India and RCB batter will be returning to competitive cricket after two months, during which he and Anushka Sharma had their second child
ESPNcricinfo staff
18-Mar-2024
Virat Kohli is "happy and excited" to be playing cricket once again after a two-month break from the game. The India and Royal Challengers Bangalore batter had arrived in Mumbai on Saturday, and has since linked up with the RCB for a short camp ahead of the team's departure to Chennai for their IPL 2024 season opener against Chennai Super Kings on March 22.
"It's really good to be back, firstly playing cricket and just starting off the IPL," Kohli told RCB TV. "It's always exciting to come back to Bangalore for the start of the IPL season. So, similar emotions, similar feelings and I haven't been off the media radar.
"I have been into the normalcy, you can say, for two months. So, yeah, I am pretty happy and excited to be back and I hope all the fans are excited and happy as well."
Full postWorld Cup hero Travis Head arrives in India for the IPL
Head, who last played in the IPL in 2016 for RCB, will play under Cummins for SRH in 2024
ESPNcricinfo staff
17-Mar-2024
Travis Head, Australia's hero in the ODI World Cup final in Ahmedabad, has linked up with his Sunrisers Hyderabad team-mates and coaching staff at their home in Hyderabad, and is hoping for "a really successful season and a lot of good times".
"I am feeling good. Good to be back. Yeah, looking forward to a good season. The team looks good. I'm looking forward to meeting everyone and hopefully, I can contribute some runs," he said in a video released by Sunrisers. "I have heard amazing things about the Orange Army. Looking forward to playing in front of everyone."
Head's only previous stint in the IPL came in 2016 and 2017, when he turned out for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He scored 205 runs in ten games across the two seasons, scoring at a strike rate of 138.51.
Full postShreyas Iyer links up with Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of IPL 2024
The KKR captain has been troubled by some back problems for a while now
ESPNcricinfo staff
16-Mar-2024
Shreyas Iyer missed last year's IPL and suffered some injury setbacks in the lead up to this one but all that appears to be behind him as he linked up with Kolkata Knight Riders at their home base on Saturday.
Shreyas, who is the KKR captain, has been troubled by back injury for a while now. He came back from a long-term problem in September 2023, but needed to be reassessed as recently as February, when, after the second Test against England, he told the Indian team's medical staff that he was having some discomfort when playing long innings.
Shreyas was cleared fit to play, however, India left him out of the squad for the final three Tests. He missed a Ranji Trophy league game for Mumbai and instead attended a KKR training camp but made himself available for the semi-final and final, where his team went on to win the title.
Full postLSG sign Adam Voges as consultant
"He is an outstanding person and an excellent coach. He will bring in so much," says head coach Justin Langer
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Mar-2024
Lucknow Super Giants have signed former Australia batter Adam Voges as a consultant for IPL 2024.
"He and I have a long association together through Western Australia cricket and Perth Scorchers. He himself is a very successful head coach," Justin Langer, Super Giants' head coach, said of Voges' appointment.
"When I was the coach there [at Western Australia], he was the captain. He took over from me and has done a phenomenal job in West Australian cricket. So, to have him involved with LSG is a great bonus for all of us. He is an outstanding person and an excellent coach. He will bring in so much. We are very thrilled to have him involved."
Full post'The bat swing was vintage' - Pravin Amre after watching Rishabh Pant at Delhi Capitals camp
Pant could be back in full action as soon as March 23, when Capitals play Punjab Kings in their season opener
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Mar-2024
Rishabh Pant was declared fit by the National Cricket Academy (NCA) on Tuesday, after undergoing an extensive rehabilitation process following a serious car crash in December 2022, and now he's back in action at Delhi Capitals' pre-season camp. And, as per Capitals' assistant coach Pravin Amre, "It didn't feel like he was batting after a long time. The bat swing was vintage."
Amre was quoted in a press release sent out by Capitals. "As coaching unit and personally, it was really pleasing to see him bat," he said.
"We have to give credit to him. The way he has worked hard throughout the year is not easy. It shows how mentally strong and hungry he is."
Full postHarshit Rana's chance to impress after working on game at Dravid's bidding
"When I got injured in South Africa [with India A], Rahul Dravid sir came and spoke to me and asked me to work on some specific things, and I've worked on those things"
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Mar-2024
Harshit Rana, the Kolkata Knight Riders pacer, is looking forward to working with Mitchell Starc at IPL 2024, as well as putting into practice certain things that India coach Rahul Dravid had asked him to work on.
Rana was with the India A squad in South Africa at the turn of the year, shadowing the senior team, when he said Dravid had a word with him. "After spending time in the Indian camp, I see a lot of positive changes within myself," Rana told KKR Knight Club. "You start to understand how one should work upon himself as a cricketer so that you make progress. I also learnt important lessons about training, diet and much more.
In fact when I got injured in South Africa, Rahul Dravid sir came and spoke to me and asked me to work on some specific things and in the past two and half months, I've worked on those things. Most importantly, I've understood from the senior players the skill of continuously bettering yourself."
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