Nitish Rana was dominated out of the Kolkata Knight Riders sport because of a niggle and now has been dominated out of the continuing IPL season for the Rajasthan Royals. Rajasthan Royals have already been knocked out of the event and would look to offer their bench a number of possibilities.
Rajasthan Royals have been dealt an harm blow as effectively, with top-order batter Nitish Rana dominated out of the continuing season of the IPL. The Royals have signed the 19-year-old South African opening wicketkeeper-batter Lhuan-dre Pretorius as Rana’s substitute. Pretorius, who caught everybody’s eye throughout final yr’s U19 World Cup, scoring 287 runs in six innings at a median of 57.40, confirmed and proved in his maiden SA20 stint that he’s one for the longer term and the Royals have secured him earlier than the mini-auction.
“Lhuan dre Pretorius steps in for Nitish Rana, who’s therapeutic from a calf harm,” Rajasthan Royals stated in a press release on X (beforehand Twitter). Pretorius joined his SA20 franchise’s sister-concern, Rajasthan, at his base value of Rs 30 Lakh. Pretorius made the world sit up and take discover throughout SA20, taking part in for the Paarl Royals. Pretorius amassed 397 runs in 12 innings, putting at 166 and was the main run-getter of the 2025 season.
Rana missed the Royals’ earlier conflict towards the Kolkata Knight Riders on the Eden Gardens and has now been dominated out. The left-hander performed a match-winning knock of 81 off 36 towards the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) however had mediocre returns in the remainder of the video games. Rana had scored 217 runs in 11 innings for the Royals.