Hyderabad: Kolkata Knight Riders wicketkeeper-batter, Rahmanullah Gurbaz is set to return to the squad and he revealed the update with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Gurbaz revealed in his social media post that he had flown out of the country due to his mother’s illness. The right-handed batter’s recent announcement comes as a major boost for the franchise ahead of their next game against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
"After a short break from IPL due to my mother’s illness, i will join my KKR family very soon, thanks for all the messages and prayers, alhamdulillah she is feeling better now thanks," Gurbaz uploaded on X.
The 22-year-old has warmed the benches for most of the season as KKR opted to go with the opening pair of Phil Salt and Sunil Narine. Gurbaz joined Gujarat Titans in 2013 at a base price of Rs 50 lakh and scored 227 runs across seven games at a strike rate of 133.53 including two fifties. Ahead of the ongoing season, he was traded at the base price to KKR but hasn’t played a single game so far as Salt has provided the team with a blistering start scoring 249 runs at a staggering strike rate of 169.39. .
Also, they have backed Sunil Narine to open the innings and he is also shining with the willow and thus none of the opening slots are vacant for Gurbaz.
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