KKR vs GT: Why is Umesh Yadav Not Playing Today’s IPL 2023 Match? Check KKR Playing XI

The Kolkata Knight Riders are taking on Gujarat Titans in match no 39 Tata IPL 2023. After winning their last encounter against RCB, KKR were expected to remain unchanged, but that isn’t the case as KKR have made two forced injury changes in Jason Roy and Umesh Yadav.

KKR vs GT: Why is Umesh Yadav Not Playing Today’s IPL 2023 Match?

In what comes as a huge surprise, the KKR team management hasn’t include Indian veteran pacer Umesh Yadav in the playing 11. Despite not being at his best, Umesh Yadav kept his place in the eleven in all the games KKR have played so far. He is left out of this game due to a hamstring injury and KKR’s skipper mentioned the same at the toss. It is Here’s what KKR’s skipper Nitish Rana said at the toss,

““We would have batted first, DLS could come into the equation, but we would still have batted first. There are always areas where we can improve, we have had some forced changes – Jason Roy has a back issue, he’s replaced by Gurbaz. Harshit Rana replaces Umesh Yadav,”

KKR Playing 11

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz
2. N Jagadeesan (wk)
3. Venkatesh Iyer
4. Nitish Rana (C)
5. Rinku Singh
6. Andre Russell
7. David Wiese
8. Sunil Narine
9. Shardul Thakur
10. Harshit Rana
11. Varun Chakravarthy

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Umesh Yadav IPL 2023 Price

Umesh Yadav, who went unsold in the initial round of the IPL 2022 mega auctions, was eventually bought by KKR for INR 2 crore in the accelerated auction. He made an immediate impact with the new ball in the absence of Pat Cummins last year. IPL 2023 so fa hasn’t been as per his standards, but after KKR retained him this year at the same price as 2022, the Indian veteran pacer will be looking to give his best in the remaining season.

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