West Indies pacer Shamar Joseph has joined Lucknow Super Giants for the Indian Premier League 2024. The franchise took to X and posted a video of the fast bowler being asked about the Wi-Fi password of the room he was sitting in.
Shamar replied, “Toota hai Gabba ka ghamand, which highlighted Team India’s win over Australia at Gabba in 2021. It was Australia’s first defeat in a Test at the famous venue after 32 years. India won the series by 2-1 without players like Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami. Chasing 328 runs to win, Rishabh Pant played a match-winning knock and commentator and former cricketer Vivek Razdan said these famous words.
Notably, Lucknow Super Giants’ current head coach Justin Langer was Australia’s head coach during the series defeat.
Shamar played a key role in West Indies’ famous win over Australia in the Gabb Test in January. The young fast bowler took 7 wickets in the second innings as WI won the second Test by 8 runs. Shamar was playing in his debut series. He was named the Player of the Match for taking 8 wickets.
LSG signed the 24-year-old as a replacement for English pacer Mark Wood. Ge joined the team for INR 3 crore.
The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will start on March 22, with defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at MA Chidambaram Stadium.
The BCCI announced the schedule till April 7 to avoid any date clash with the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls.
Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians will take on each other on March 24 at the Narendra Modi Stadium. The fixture is important as Hardik Pandya left GT to return to MI. Pandya will lead Mumbai, while Shubman Gill is the new GT captain.
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