Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have signed Aaron Finch as a replacement for England batter Alex Hales for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Hales has cited bubble fatigue as his reason for withdrawal from the tournament.
Finch – Australia’s ICC T20 World Cup-winning captain, has thus far played 88 T20Is and has scored 2686 runs with the help of 2 hundreds and 15 half-centuries.
Finch, who has played 87 IPL games and has over 2000 IPL runs, will join KKR at the price of INR 1.5 Crore.
KKR – the two-time IPL Champions – will kickstart the TATA IPL 2022 proceedings on March 26 when they take on Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
9th IPL team for Aaron Finch
The explosive right-handed batsman is a seasoned campaigner in Indian Premier League, having been a part of various franchises over the years. He kickstarted his IPL career in 2010 with Rajasthan Royals before spending couple of seasons in Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals). Finch also played for Pune Warriors India and Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
In 2015, he was part of Mumbai Indians’ squad before he was signed by Gujarat Lions for two seasons. Finch has also represented King XI Punjab (Punjab Kings) in 2018 and Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2020. And now, the 35-year-old is all set to play for his 9th IPL franchise i.e. Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2022.
(Excerpts included from Press Release)