IPL 2023: Wayne Parnell, Vyshak Vijay Kumar join RCB for remainder of season
Following Reece Topley’s exclusion from the ongoing Indian Premier League on account of injury, Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed South Africa’s Wayne Parnell for the remainder of the tournament. Parnell was being considered as one of the front-runners in the race to take up Topley’s place.
Earlier, during the match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders, Sanjay Bangar had broken the news that Topley had been ruled out despite the management trying their best to retain him.
Parnell is a T20 veteran, having made his international debut in 2009. Parnell has so far played 56 T20 matches in which he has claimed 59 wickets.
On a similar note, Madhya Pradesh’s young batting sensation Rajat Patidar who had a phenomenal run last year, too sustained a heal injury before the start of the tournament and had thus to be ruled out from the entire season. The management have now roped in Karnataka’s Vyshak Vinay Kumar to fill in his place. Vinay Kumar, who has scalped 22 wickets in 14 T20s, have been signed for an amount of INR 20 lakhs.
This is RCB’s third replacement deal of the season after only two matches. Earlier, English batter Will Jacks had to meet a similar fate as he too was ruled out from the tournament. New Zealand all-rounder Michael Bracewell was announced as his replacement.
Parnell had earlier been part of Delhi Daredevils and Pune Warriors India’s IPL squads. He has the experience of playing in the league right from the third season in 2010, incessantly till 2014.
