IPL 2025: KKR pick Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for Umran Malik
Kolkata/IBNS: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) picked Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for Umran Malik for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
Umran Malik is ruled out of the season due to an injury.
Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets from the same.
Sakariya, a left-arm medium pacer, joins KKR for INR 75 Lakh.
The IPL 2025 will begin with the KKR-RCB clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 22.
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