Two-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have named West Indies batter Johnson Charles as replacement for Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das for the remaining IPL 2023 season. Litton Das had to return to Bangladesh last week due to a family emergency.

“Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday named Johnson Charles as a replacement for Litton Das for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023,” an IPL statement said.

Charles is a wicketkeeper-batter like Litton Das and has represented West Indies in 41 T20Is, scoring 971 runs and was a part of West Indies’ 2012 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20-winning squads. Additionally, he has played 224 T20s and has over 5600 runs against his name. “He joins KKR for Rs 50 Lakh,” the statement added.

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Charles scored the fastest T20I century by a West Indies batter, off 39 balls, earlier this year against South Africa in Centurion. KKR are getting ready to take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in match no. 47 of the IPL 2023 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.

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