{"id":305897,"date":"2023-04-05T09:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/05\/kolkata-knight-riders-ipl-2023-jason-roy-roped-in-by-kkr-for-rs-2-8-crore-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T09:40:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:40:12","slug":"kolkata-knight-riders-ipl-2023-jason-roy-roped-in-by-kkr-for-rs-2-8-crore-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/05\/kolkata-knight-riders-ipl-2023-jason-roy-roped-in-by-kkr-for-rs-2-8-crore-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolkata Knight Riders: IPL 2023: Jason Roy roped in by KKR for Rs 2.8 crore | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Following injury to regular captain <!-- -->Shreyas Iyer<!-- --> and the pullout of Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kolkata-knight-riders\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Kolkata Knight Riders-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kolkata-knight-riders\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kolkata Knight Riders<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kolkata-knight-riders\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-KKR-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/kolkata-knight-riders\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KKR<\/a>) roped in England opener <!-- -->Jason Roy<!-- --> on Wednesday to give the side a boost.<br \/>&#8220;Kolkata Knight Riders have signed England&#8217;s Jason Roy for Rs. 2.8 crore for the TATA IPL 2023 from his base price of Rs. 1.5 crore,&#8221; said KKR in a statement on Wednesday.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/schedule\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_others-IPL 2023 SCHEDULE-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/schedule\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL 2023 SCHEDULE<\/a><span class=\"strong \"> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/points-table\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"strong \" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_others-IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/points-table\" frmappuse=\"1\">IPL 2023 POINTS TABLE<\/a><br \/>The two-time IPL champions were dealt a huge injury blow when Iyer was ruled out for the entire season due to a back injury, while Shakib pulled out citing personal and national commitments.<br \/>KKR did not elaborate whether Roy will be available for the their IPL home game against <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Royal Challengers Bangalore-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/royal-challengers-bangalore\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Royal Challengers Bangalore<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CRICKET-AI-1\" msid=\"99265673\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99265673,width-600,resizemode-4\/99265673.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Roy, who first featured in the 2017 edition of the IPL for Gujarat Lions, last played in the 2021 season for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/sun-risers-hyderabad\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"Click-Hyperlink|link_topic-Sunrisers Hyderabad-https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/teams\/sun-risers-hyderabad\" target=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/a>.<br \/>In 2021, Roy played five games, scoring 150 runs, including a half-century.<br \/>The 32-year-old has played 64 T20Is for England, scoring 1,522 runs at a strike-rate of 137.61 with eight fifties.<br \/>Roy is likely to replace Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batter <!-- -->Rahmanullah Gurbaz<!-- -->, who opened in their match against Punjab Kings and scored 22 from 16 balls. 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