The Kolkata Knight Riders have received another blow in the 2018 IPL, with U-19 star Kamlesh Nagarkoti’s injury. Karnataka fast bowler Prasidh Krishna will replace Nagarkoti for the rest of the tournament.
KKR spent Rs 3.2 crore for the 19-year-old, but his foot injury has made KKR’s bowling even weaker. They first lost Australian pacer Mitchell Starc to tibial bone stress; even Mitchell Johnson was seen on the sidelines in their clash against Chennai Super Kings.
The injuries have served a huge loss to KKR’s bowling prowess – which was as it is unable hold a 202-runs target against CSK.
R Vinay Kumar gave 19 runs in 5 balls in the last over against CSK when they needed 17 to win the match, indicating their need to reinforce the bowling lineup.
But it appears as though the Kolkata team will have to hope for the 18-year-old Prasidh to put on a good show.
After the CSK defeat, Dinesh Karthik was confident that he has enough ammunition in terms of fast bowling talent. However, after Vinay Kumar’s run leak in the last over, he might not be as confident any more.
(With inputs from PTI and Cricbuzz)
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