Who is Gerald Coetzee? Rajasthan Royals’ latest overseas player

Gerald Coetzee IPL The IPL has been a platform that has made careers of present national teams players of different countries. The likes of Keiron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo after gaining much experience in the T20 format by playing against the top players helped the West Indies team to win the T20 World Cup 2012 and 2016. The Indian players like Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya went on to be some of the consistent players of the Indian team. In this article, we discuss about the new signing by the Rajasthan Royals franchise for the remaining part of the IPL 2021.

RR rope in Gerald Coetzee

The England batsman Liam Livingstone pulled out of the IPL 2021 a few weeks back due to bio-bubble fatigue. Before this tournament, Liam featured in BBL and the international series against India, which involved quarantine restrictions as well.

Read: Jasprit Bumrah’s worst day in IPL history. Check Details 

In place of him, Rajasthan Royals have signed a 20-year-old fast bowler from South Africa, Gerald Coetzee. He has represented South Africa in the 2018 and 2020 U-19 World Cup. In 2018. he picked 8 wickets in 4 matches, while featured in only 2 matches in 2020. He has featured in 8 T20 matches and scalped 9 wickets at an average of 23.33. He will be the fifth overseas option for Rajasthan Royals after Buttler, Miller, Morris, and Mustafizur Rahman.

WATCH: Ambati Rayudu’s Six Breaks Drinks Fridge 

What lies ahead for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2021?

The Rajasthan franchise has been average in this season. After playing exciting first two league matches, they have not been consistent in their batting performance. The batting department needs to play attacking cricket to post more runs on the board and give their bowlers a chance to defend the score. In this regard, players like Sanju Samson and Jos Buttler have to be consistent. The bowlers like Mustafizur Rahman and Chetan Sakariya have been impressive in the tournament, while Morris has been contributing in both departments. but they have been leaking a lot of runs. The next few matches will be important for the team to stay in the hunt for a place in the playoffs.

For more IPL news, click here