Ishant Sharma, who went unsold in the Indian Premier League auctions, has been snapped up by Kings XI Punjab after Murali Vijay was ruled out of the tournament due to injury.

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who went unsold at the auction in February, has been picked by Kings XI Punjab as a late purchase before the start of the tournament. Virender Sehwag, Kings XI’s head of cricket operations, confirmed Ishant was a replacement for batsman M Vijay, who will miss the IPL because of wrist and shoulder injuries that he played with for a better part of India’s long home season.

Ishant Sharma, who played for Rising Pune Supergiants in the 2016 IPL, was released by the franchise and he surprisingly went unsold. In the Test series against Australia, he bowled with plenty of hostility. Following an injury to Murali Vijay, there was a vacancy in the Kings XI Punjab side and Sehwag decided to make a phone call which got Ishant into the picture.

a?He (Viru bhai) called me and asked whether I was doing something or not. That was when I was first approached. I just want to play. It didnat matter whether it was IPL or county. All I want to do is play good cricket for KXIP and win games,a? the tall fast bowler stated.

Kings XI’s pace attack already comprises Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma, Varun Aaron, Anureet Singh, Matt Henry and T Natarajan, who was bought for INR 3 crore at the auction.

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