Chetan Sakariya replaces injured Umran Malik in KKR’s IPL 2025 squad
Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets from the same.
Sakariya has represented India in an ODI and two T20Is and has played 19 IPL games, scalping 20 wickets from the same.
According to reports, the players were chosen by the senior national selection committee.
India and South Africa will next face each other on October 4 at the Holkar Stadium, Indore.
Jadeja suffered the injury while playing in the Asia Cup 2022.
Sakariya finished the match with bowling figures of 2-1-3-3.
Sakariya was seen in the stands with the pink jersey on and cheering for the Sanju Samson-led team on Sunday evening.
While everyone was clearly pleased, the youngsters were more pumped up after the win.
The 23-year-old left-arm pacer had made his ODI and T20I debuts in Sri Lanka recently.
While growing up, Sakariya also used to work at his maternal uncle’s stationery shop as the family struggled to make ends meet.
Deepak Chahar has shared a sneak peak of the players spending their time off from training.
After receiving his maiden India call-up, Chetan Sakariya dedicated his India call-up to his mother and late father.
Sakariya impressed while playing for Rajasthan Royals this season and had transferred his IPL salary to help his father fight the deadly virus.
The special gesture by the franchise has definitely earned them a lot of respect from the fans.
On Tuesday, Sakariya was the pick of the bowlers for Rajasthan, scalping 3 wickets for 36 runs. More importantly, he dismissed his childhood hero- CSK captain MS Dhoni.
The incident happened in the penultimate over of the innings when Morris came to bowl his final of the four-over spell.
Check out the top fielding efforts during the first week of 14th edition of Indian Premier League that left everyone in awe.
Pooran played a mistimed pull shot which flew to the left of the Sakariya at short fine leg. He dived full length and grabbed it two-handed.