Kolkata Knight Riders faced Royal Challengers Bangalore in their second match of the IPL 2023 on Thursday. During the toss, KKR skipper Nitish Rana spoke about bringing in the youngster Suyash Sharma. Suyash took a three-wicket haul on his IPL debut, He scalped the wickets of Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat and Karn Sharma and played a crucial role in KKR's win. Coming to bat first, KKR set a target of 205 runs. They won the match by 81 runs after bundling out RCB at 123 runs.
Suyash was not named in the KKR Playing XI but was a part of the substitutes and was named as the impact player in the 2nd innings of the game. He came in place of Venkatesh Iyer during Kolkata's bowling. But who is the 19-year-old player? Let's find out
Suyash Sharma made his IPL debut at the Eden Gardens for KKR, is a mystery spinner, and was bagged by the team for his base price of Rs 20 Lakh at the IPL 2023 auction.
Sharma hails from Delhi and didn't play any List A, FC, or T20 games before this. It is his first match of competitive cricket. He plays for the Under-25 team of Delhi.
"I met Suyash for the first time in the KKR camp. We were sure that we whenever there will be a need for the third spinner we will definitely include Suyash in the Playing XI. In today's game, the pitch was dry and including him the squad helped," KKR skipper Nitish Rana said in the post-match presentation.
"The newcomer Suyash Sharma provided support. We saw him in trial matches and were extremely happy with the way he bowled. He's quick through the air, difficult to pick. He's inexperienced but shows a very good attitude," KKR coach Chandrakant Pandit said.
RCB Playing XI: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis(c), Dinesh Karthik(w), Glenn Maxwell, Michael Bracewell, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
Royal Challengers Bangalore Substitutes: Finn Allen, Sonu Yadav, Mahipal Lomror, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat
KKR Playing XI: Mandeep Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Shardul Thakur, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy
Kolkata Knight Riders Substitutes: Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese
