Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has suffered another huge blow as their wicket-keeper batter Litton Das has flown back home due to a family medical emergency. He is likely to miss KKR’s upcoming games in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Moreover, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has issued the ‘No Objection Certificate’ to Das till May 4, which could keep him away from taking any further part in the tournament.
The Bangladesh keeper-batter who joined the squad after a couple of matches has played only KKR’s match against Delhi Capitals (DC) in the ongoing IPL. He failed to much in the game as he was dismissed cheaply and also capped a disappointing outing as a wicketkeeper by missing two crucial stumping opportunities, allowing DC to capitalize on it and turn the match in their favor.
“He had a family medical emergency for which he had to fly back to Dhaka this morning. There is no update on his return yet,” a team official said on Friday.
Update: Litton Das had returned back to Bangladesh earlier today due to an urgent family medical emergency. He played just one match for @KKRiders in ongoing #IPL2023
— Debasis Sen (@debasissen) April 28, 2023
Liton Das was bought by the two-time champions at the IPL 2023 mini-auction for a base price of INR 50 lakh. under the captaincy of Nitish Rana, KKR is currently standing at the bottom half of the points Table with three wins. They have to bounce back in their remaining matches in order to keep themselves in playoff contention.
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After four straight losses, KKR pulled of a thrilling 21-run win over the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru, on April 26. The stand-in skipper Virat Kohli of RCB won the toss and chose to field first. However, the decision backfired as the RCB bowlers failed to keep the KKR batters under check and allowed them to score freely.
With opener, Jason Roy (56 off 29) scoring a quickfire fifty and skipper Nitish Rana’s (48 off 21) brilliant cameo propelled Kolkata to a mammoth total of 200 runs in 20 overs. Notably, Rana was dropped twice in what was a shoddy fielding effort by the home side. During RCB’s chase, KKR bowlers produced a clinical performance as they restricted the home side to 179/8 to register a 21-run win.
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Virat Kohli (54 off 37) led his side from the front while the rest of the batters failed to do much for the team apart from Mahipal Lomror (34 off 18) and Dinesh Karthik (22 off 18) as they tried to take time on the crease but in vain. Interestingly, the Knights have not lost at the Chinnaswamy Stadium since 2016.
