The two-time champion Kolkata Knight Riders recently roped in Afghan off-spinner Allah Ghazanfar as a replacement for injured Mujeeb-ur-Rahman ahead of this edition of the Indian Premier League. On the other side, Rajasthan Royals has signed South African spinner Keshav Maharaj who will take the place of injured Prasidh Krishan ahead of this season.

KKR won their first battle against Sunrisers Hyderabad as they went on to defend 208 runs against a good batting side. It was a close encounter for Shreyas Iyer and his men as they won the match by a margin of just 4 runs on the board.

After being invited to bat by the visitors, Philip Salt played well for his side while other batters returned to the dressing with cheap scores as the English batter added 54 runs with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes.
16-year-old Allah Ghazanfar is the youngest player in IPL 2024:

Allah-GhazanfarRamandeep Singh and Andre Russell took charge in the slog overs. The West Indies powerhouse was dealing with boundaries as he remained unbeaten on 64 runs with the help of 3 fours and 7 sixes to his name.

However, Sunrisers Hyderabad gave a tough fight to the opposition as they almost reached their destination before Harshit Rana removed the dangerous Heinrich Klassen during the final over of the game.

The South African batter smashed 63 runs, hammering 8 sixes from 29 balls he played. Besides, the 16-year-old Afghanistan spinner has represented his country in two One-day games this year. However, we can expect this young lad to feature in any of the games in this edition of the Indian Premier League.