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Amidst IPL 2024, there is a phase of players being out of the season and teams announcing their replacements. This season, not one but many English players have betrayed the teams. Recently, Lucknow Super Giants all-rounder David Willey had announced his withdrawal from the first few matches. But now suddenly the news has come that Willie has withdrawn his name from the entire season. Like everyone else, he cited personal reasons. Now the franchise has signed a dangerous fast bowler in his place. This player is continuously performing well for New Zealand.
Who joined LSG?
David Willey is the second English player to leave Lucknow Supergiants. Earlier, Mark Wood had left the team and then Shamar Joseph was signed. Now the franchise has signed New Zealand's star fast bowler Matt Henry in place of David Willey. It is noteworthy that Henry was the hero of the 2019 World Cup. Not only this, he was also an important part of the New Zealand team in the 2023 World Cup. Lucknow gave Henry Rs. A contract worth Rs 1.25 crore has been signed.
Matt Henry's career
Matt Henry is a very experienced bowler of New Zealand. He also participated in the IPL in 2017 but played only two matches for Punjab Kings. Apart from this, he has also been a part of Chennai Super Kings. Henry has played 25 Tests, 82 ODIs and 17 T20 International matches for New Zealand. The arrival of Henry will give Lucknow Supergiants a boost to their pace attack. The team lost the first match and now Lucknow will open its account against Punjab Kings in the second match.
Complete team of Lucknow Super Giants
KL Rahul (captain) Quinton de Kock, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen Ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Yudhveer Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Shamar Joseph, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Matt Henry, Ashton Turner, Arshin Kulkarni, Arshad Khan, Shivam Mavi and M Siddharth.