Rajasthan Royals (RR) announced on Monday that pacer Sandeep Sharma has been signed as a replacement for an injured Prasidh Krishna for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, which will start from March 31 onwards.Rajasthan Royals took to Twitter to make an announcement. “Okay then, making this official,” tweeted RR.
“Fast bowler Sandeep Sharma will represent Rajasthan Royals this season after being signed as a replacement for Prasidh Krishna. Picked for his base price of INR 50 lakh, Sandeep is one of the most senior bowlers in the tournament with over 100 wickets and 10 seasons of experience under his belt,” also said a statement from IPL.
In 104 matches, Sandeep has taken a total of 114 wickets at an average of 26.33 and an economy rate of 7.77. His best bowling figures are 4/20. He has also represented Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the league.India pacer Prasidh Krishna is set to miss IPL 2023 with a lumbar stress fracture that will require the Rajasthan Royals bowling spearhead to go under the knife.
The injury dampens the pacer’s prospects of representing India at the ICC World Cup set to be played in the country in October-Novemebr 2023.
Prasidh has not played competitive cricket since India’s ODI tour of Zimbabwe in August. He was selected for India A’s white-ball series against New Zealand A in September. He suffered an injury after being named for the series. On further examination of the injury, it surfaced that the bowler had a stress fracture
Unfortunately, the injury has not healed adequately, prompting the NCA and Royals’ medical team, who have been working closely together, to
advocate surgery.