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NEW DELHI: Kolkata Knight Riders person signed Vidarbha's Saurabh Dubey arsenic a replacement for Akash Deep for IPL 2026, according to a study by Cricbuzz. Akash Deep has been ruled retired of the tourney aft failing to retrieve from a lower-back accent wounded successful time.While Dubey has been brought successful arsenic a replacement, KKR are yet to marque an authoritative announcement. The study further states that the 28-year-old has already been grooming with the Knight Riders campy successful Kolkata.
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The Vidarbha pacer was antecedently portion of Sunrisers Hyderabad aft being picked up for Rs 20 lakh successful the IPL 2022 auction, though helium did not get a crippled and is yet to marque his IPL debut.
Who is Saurabh Dubey?
A left-arm medium-fast bowler, Dubey represents Vidarbha successful home cricket.
He has featured successful 8 List A matches and 3 T20s, portion besides picking up 16 wickets successful 8 first-class games.He entered the IPL 2026 mini-auction with a basal terms of Rs 30 lakh but went unsold.Dubey was besides a portion of India’s squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup successful Bangladesh. On his List A debut against Nepal, helium impressed with figures of 4 for 26 successful India’s seven-wicket triumph and was named Player of the Match. He finished the tourney with 7 wickets from 3 matches.
