South African speedster Junior Dala is likely to replace Dusmantha Chameera in the Rajasthan Royals (RR) squad for the ongoing eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Meanwhile, the Royals did not have a fairytale comeback to the professional domestic Twenty20 league. They suffered a humiliating loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on April 9.
However, adding much to their worry overseas recruit Chameera and Jofra Archer has sustained an injury and will be out for few weeks.
Moreover, the long list of injured foreign players are on a high and mostly the pacers are at the receiving end.
Also, there is uncertainty over Archer’s availability as Royals are awaiting his arrival.
Archer sustained an injury during the recently concluded third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL).
However, it is likely that Dala will replace Chameera in the Rajasthan squad. It will be a like-to-like replacement for a fast bowler. The news broke out since he started following Rajasthan Royals on photo-blogging website Instagram.
Similarly, this happened in the case of Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) Tom Curran. He started following KKR’s official page, before the official announcement. He came in as the replacement for injured Mitchell Starc.
The young pacer impressed Dala everybody on his debut T20I series against India earlier this year.
In the three matches, he has played so far for the Proteas, he has claimed seven wickets.
Although South Africa lost the series, he caught attention with his impressive line and length.
Junior Dala also has an impressive domestic record to back his ability and is one of the match-winners.
Moreover, he will be an exciting addition to Royals squad and will look to give his all in the best T20 league around the world.
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