The Royal Challengers Bangalore team has suffered a major setback ahead of their match against the Lucknow Super Giants. The team's star all-rounder David Willey has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to injury. As a replacement for Willie, RCB has included Kedar Jadhav in the team.
David Willey has been ruled out of the 16th season of the Indian Premier League. Willie has been ruled out of the tournament due to a fracture and strain in his finger. Willey played a total of 4 matches for RCB in IPL 2023. During this, he scored 35 runs at a strike rate of 109 in batting. At the same time, in bowling, he took 3 wickets in the same number of matches.
Kedar Jadhav has been included in the team by RCB as a replacement for David Willey. Kedar could not find any buyer in the auction for IPL 2023. Kedar Jadhav has a lot of experience playing in this league and has been a part of the Chennai Super Kings team.
Kedar Jadhav has played a total of 93 matches in the IPL so far and during this time his bat has scored 1196 runs at a strike rate of 123. Jadhav has scored four half-centuries in this league. Kedar Jadhav played his last match in the Indian Premier League in the year 2021. Jadhav was not seen playing in this league last season as he was not selected by any team.
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The performance of the RCB team in IPL 2023 has been mixed. The team has tasted victory in four of the eight matches played so far this season, while the team has lost in the same number of matches. However, the good news for the team is that the bats of Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Faf Duplesey have been doing the rounds this season.