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IPL 2021: Sri Lankan leg-spin sensation Wanindu Hasaranga joins RCB, Simon Katich steps down as head coach

Press Trust of India • August 21, 2021, 17:41:14 IST
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Along with the world number two T20 bowler Hasaranga, who replaced Adam Zampa, RCB also picked Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera who replaced Daniel Sams of Australia.

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IPL 2021: Sri Lankan leg-spin sensation Wanindu Hasaranga joins RCB, Simon Katich steps down as head coach

New Delhi: Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga, who played a pivotal role in his team’s T20 series win against a depleted Indian side, has been picked by Royal Challengers Bangalore, which maintained its trend of picking players who do well against ‘Men In Blue’. Along with the world number two T20 bowler Hasaranga, who replaced Adam Zampa, RCB also picked Sri Lankan pacer Dushmantha Chameera who replaced Daniel Sams of Australia. Big Bash Sensation Tim David will come in as a replacement for New Zealand’s Finn Allen. The franchise also informed that their head coach Simon Katich has stepped down from his post due to “personal reasons” and Director of Cricket Mike Hesson will now double up as team’s chief coach as well. The Indian players, support staff and the team management will be assembling in Bengaluru on 21 August following which the team will undergo a seven-day quarantine. They will also undergo COVID-19 tests thrice during the period. The team will then depart via a chartered flight from Bangalore on 29 August. The other international players and staff will assemble in the UAE starting 29 August onwards. There will be another six days of quarantine in the UAE. “We have made some changes to the squad pertaining to the situation. We have come a long way and have shown steady progress as a team,” Hesson said. “The addition of Wanindu Hasaranga, Tim David and Dushmantha Chameera couldn’t have come at a better time during the replacement window, as we aim to continue with the momentum, building on our performance from earlier this year,” he added. When asked, if Hasaranga’s series winning-seven wickets in three T20 Internationals against India including best figures of 4/9, prompted RCB to select the leg-break bowler, Hesson said it’s one of the reasons but not the only reason. “It’s certainly not a recency factor and we certainly are not surprised by his success in recent times. We like his skill-set. We like the fact that he is multi-skilled cricketer and offers to bat deep as well if we plan to play an overseas spinner along with Chahal. “That gives us an exciting option. The fact that he performed against India is great but not surprising at all,” the former Black Caps coach said about Hasaranga, who has picked 33 wickets in 24 T20I games at an economy rate of 6.56. “We have a scouting programme that has been in place for at least last two years. We know every player is playing cricket at a decent level. We have an extensive scouting programme and Wanindu has been on our radar for a long time. “If we needed a replacement last time, Wanindu would have been the person, we would have called upon,” he explained. The RCB media person deflected questions on star Indian players, which were not sent across to Hesson.

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