Kolkata Knight Riders are strong, Indian ‘Shoaib Akhtar’ from IPL 2025, know who will replace – Umran Malik Ruled Out IPL 2025 Kkr Pick Chaten Sakaria as Replacement

New Delhi: Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered a major setback just before the Indian Premier League 2025 started. The team’s fast bowler Umran Malik has been out of the entire season. Umran Malik was injured just before the 18th season of IPL starting on 22 March. In such a situation, KKR’s management has now included fast bowler Chetan Sakaria in the team as a replacement. Umran Malik was bought by KKR’s team for just 75 lakhs in the mega auction. In IPL, Umran made his debut for Sunrisers Hyderabad. While playing for SRH, Umran also held a record of putting the fastest ball in the IPL with his stormy bowling. For this reason, this pace of Jammu and Kashmir was called as Indian Shoaib Akhtar, but due to continuous injury, his career has been put on a break. Umran has also made his debut for Team India. India has got a chance to play 10 T20 and 8 ODIs from India, in which he has taken a total of 24 wickets, including both formats.

Chetan Sakaria gets a golden opportunity

In the IPL, Chetan Sakaria made his debut for Rajasthan Royals. However, Rajasthan released him in IPL. In the last season, he was included in the Delhi Capitals team, but he was not retained nor was he bought by any team in the mega auction, but Sakaria has got a great opportunity to prove himself once again as Umran’s replacement.
Talking about Chetan Sakaria’s career, he has got a chance to play in 19 IPL matches, in which he took 20 wickets. Apart from this, Sakaria has also made his debut for Team India. Sakaria has fielded 1 ODI and 2 T20 matches for India.