Ali Khan set to become first American to play in IPL, replaces Harry Gurney at KKR

USA pace bowler Ali Khan has been roped in by Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for left-arm fast bowler Harry Gurney. A shoulder injury left Gurney with no or option but to withdraw his name from tournament. He is scheduled to undergo surgery next month, reby keeping him out of contention for IPL 2020.

As a result, Ali Khan became first USA player to be picked in an IPL team's squ, according to a ESPNCricinfo report. fast bowler's association with owners of Kolkata Knight Riders is not very new, as he also is a part of Trinbago Knight Riders unit that won  CPL 2020.

Ali Khan me an impact in CPL 2020 by scalping 8 wickets in season. He has a knack of picking up wickets during powerplay and is known to control flow of runs in runs too later in innings. Ali Khan was a part of franchise's side last year as well as he was a backup player for KKR squ for IPL 2019. 

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29-year-old Ali Khan has played franchise-based cricket all over world in prominent leagues such as Caribbean Premier League, Banglesh Premier League, Pakistan Super League and Global T20 League Cana. His performance in Canian league impressed Dwayne Bravo, who later recommended his name to Trinbago Knight Riders. 

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KKR squ for IPL 2020: Schedule 

As Dream11 IPL 2020 draws nearer, Kolkata Knight Riders schedule for IPL 2020 season has been officially announced by BCCI and IPL Governing Council. According to Kolkata Knight Riders schedule, Mumbai Indians will be ir first opponents on September 23. It will be interesting to see if Ali Khan gets a place in team, as Pat Cummins is expected to be able for first match of IPL. KKR could also shuffle between Cummins, Khan and New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson amongst pacers while playing Eoin Morgan, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell as or 3 overseas players. Chris Green and Tom Banton are also potential overseas backups KKR have.

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KKR squ for IPL 2020

Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Siddhesh L, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarti, Rahul Tripathi, Nikhil Naik, M Siddharth, Ali Khan, Chris Green, Tom Banton.

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Image Source: Ali Khan Instagram