IPL 2023: Wayne Parnell Named as Replacement of Reece Topley, Vyshak Vijay Kumar Replaces Rajat Patidar

IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore players Reece Topley and Rajat Patidar have been ruled out of the complete IPL 2023 tournament owing to their injuries. In the absence of their two key players, the team management has announced Wayne Parnell and Vyshak Vijay Kumar as RCB replacement players for the remaining matches in IPL 2023.

South African left-arm pacer Wayne Parnell will replace Reece Topley for the rest of the tournament. On the other hand, Karnataka all-rounder Vyshak Vijay Kumar has been added to the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad as the replacement for Rajat Patidar.

IPL 2023: Reece Topley was ruled out of IPL 2023, Wayne Parnell roped in as a replacement player

The English left-arm pacer Reece Topley suffered a blow to his shoulder while fielding in the RCB vs MI game on April 2. The RCB management had a close look at his fitness. Later, it was confirmed on April 6 that the mighty pacer would not feature in the rest of the IPL 2023 games.

Royal Challengers Bangalore then named Wayne Parnell as a like-to-like replacement. Parnell has been quite effective with the ball in the past few months. He did well against Team India last year. He was a part of the South African squad in the 2022 T20 World Cup as well.

Wayne Parnell has played 26 matches in the Indian Premier League for Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils franchises. He last featured in IPL way back in 2014. In the recently concluded SA 20 league, Parnell scalped 10 wickets in 9 games at an economy rate of 7.85.

Vyshak Vijay Kumar named as the replacement for Rajat Patidar

IPL ruled out star RCB batter Rajat Patidar out of the complete IPL 2023 season due to an Achilles heel injury on April 5. RCB team management has now announced Karnataka all-rounder Vyshak Vijay Kumar as the replacement for Rajat Patidar.

Vyshak Vijay Kumar has scalped 22 wickets for Karnataka in 14 T20 games at an exceptional economy rate of 6.92. The Karnataka pacer has experience playing in the longer formats as well. Moreover, he has taken 38 wickets in first-class games and 11 wickets in List-A games playing for his state side.