After the exit of David Willey, Lucknow Super Giants have now included New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry as a replacement player for IPL 2024. David Willey had withdrawn his name before the start of this season due to personal reasons. The Lucknow team had not announced the name of the replacement player at that time, whereas now they have decided to add Matt Henry to their team after playing the first match of the season. Henry has been added to their team by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 1 crore 25 lakh.
Henry’s pace puts batsmen in trouble
Matt Henry, who plays international cricket for the New Zealand team, is known for his fast pace, in which he consistently bowls at a speed of 140 plus, in such a situation, he can prove to be very useful for the team even in the death overs with the new ball. Are. Matt Henry has previously been a part of the Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings teams in the IPL, in which he has played only 2 matches so far and in the year 2017, he got a chance to play for the Punjab Kings team. Henry has so far played 25 Tests, 82 ODIs and 17 T20 matches for the New Zealand team. Henry has 20 wickets in his name so far in T20 International, in which his economy has been seen around 8, while the average has been 24.8. If we look at Henry’s statistics in T20 cricket, he has taken 151 wickets in 131 matches at an average of 24.70, during which he has also achieved the feat of taking 4 wickets in an innings thrice.
Lucknow team had to face defeat in the first match
Lucknow Super Giants have played one match so far in the 17th season of IPL, in which they have faced defeat. Lucknow team is currently at the last position in the points table. They have to play their second match this season against Punjab Kings on March 30 at their home ground Ekana Cricket Stadium. LSG would like to open its winning account in this match. In the first match, the batsmen of Lucknow team could not perform as per expectations, due to which the team had to face defeat.
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