CRICKET99 Cricket Live Score ,Matches & Tournaments Another big blow for Rising Pune supergiants, in the recent medical check it is found that Faf du Plessis having fracture in his injured finger and returned back to South Africa for the further treatment and is ruled out of IPL 2016. Usman Khawaja the Australian batsman is called by the RPS as his replacement for the rest of the tournament. This news is confirmed by the Pune team officials and Khawaja will soon join the team.
Earlier Kevin Pietersen injured during a match and after medical check up he is also ruled out of the IPL 9 and now Faf. So two of the important batsman of the Supergiants are not with in the squad which is a big blow for the batting strength of the team. du Plessis is the leading run scorer from his team in the tournament.
Usman Khawaja is signed by the RPS for the rest of the matches of the IPL 2016. He is a brilliant batsman in T20 format. His recent performance in Big Bash 2015-2016 league was one of the best of his career. He scored 2 spectacular hundred and 2 half-century. After the league he was also called for the World T20 2016 tournament for the Australian team in which also he scored good runs.
Let’s see how he will perform in the Indian Premier League and it will be tough time for the MS Dhoni to take most out of the remaining games of the tournament. Rising Pune Supergiants is on the 6th spot on the points table, won 2 matches out of 6 they have played.
From the team of cricket99 “We wish both the batsman for their speedy recovery” .