{"id":20937,"date":"2023-05-04T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=306391"},"modified":"2023-05-04T10:30:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T05:00:28","slug":"ipl-2023-kolkata-knight-riders-name-johnson-charles-as-replacement-for-litton-das-for-remaining-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2023-kolkata-knight-riders-name-johnson-charles-as-replacement-for-litton-das-for-remaining-season\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders name Johnson Charles as Replacement for Litton Das for remaining season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex flex-col w-[calc(100%-50px)] gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), who have won the Indian Premier League (IPL) championship twice, have announced that West Indies batsman Johnson Charles will be taking the place of Bangladesh\u2019s wicketkeeper-batsman Litton Das for the remainder of the 2023 IPL season. Litton Das had to depart from the tournament last week owing to a family emergency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cKolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday named Johnson Charles as a replacement for Litton Das for the remainder of the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023,\u201d an IPL statement said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-xl xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex flex-col w-[calc(100%-50px)] gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Similar to Litton Das, Johnson Charles is also a wicketkeeper-batsman, and he has played 41 T20 Internationals for West Indies, accumulating 971 runs. He was part of the West Indies team that won the ICC World Twenty20 in 2012 and 2016. Charles has also participated in 224 T20 matches and has scored more than 5600 runs. 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