IPL 2022: Australia Pacer Andrew Tye Replaces Mark Wood in Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) Squad
Mumbai, March 23: IPL newbie Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Wednesday confirmed the signature of Australia pacer Andrew Tye as a replacement for Englishman Mark Wood, who was previously ruled out of the tournament due to injury.
Andrew Tye had picked hat-trick and taken 5 wickets on his IPL debut in 2017 for Gujarat Lions against Rising Pune Supergiants.
Ab apni baari hai, kyuki humari team mein Andrew Tye bhaari hai! #AbApniBaariHai 💪@aj191
📸: Cricket Australia#LucknowSuperGiants #TataIPL #IPL2022 #UttarPradesh #Lucknow #LSG2022 #CricketUpdates #CricketNews pic.twitter.com/KNiL0oyO3m— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) March 23, 2022
Andrew Tye, the Purple Cap winner of IPL 2018, replaces injured Mark Wood at Lucknow Super Giants.
Andrew Tye had picked hat-trick & taken 5 wickets on his IPL debut in 2017 for Gujarat Lions v Rising Pune Supergiant
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) March 23, 2022
NOW, IT’S OFFICIAL! 🔥
Andrew Tye joins Lucknow Super Giants as a replacement for Mark Wood!#KLRahul | #LucknowSuperGiants | #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/P99PaJ3sp4
— Kunal Yadav (@kunaalyaadav) March 23, 2022
Tye has represented Australia in 32 T20Is and picked 47 wickets. The right-arm pacer, who is known for his slower balls and yorkers and has picked up 40 wickets in 27 IPL matches, will join LSG for the price of Rs 1 crore.
Along with Tye, the Super Giants have last IPL season’s second-highest wicket-taker Avesh Khan, Sri Lanka spearhead Dushmantha Chameera and Ankit Rajpoot as recognised specialist fast bowling options. They are expected to be backed up by the all-round skills of Jason Holder, Marcus Stoinis and Kyle Mayers.
Lucknow who will be making their debut this season — will begin their IPL 2022 campaign on March 28 when they take on Gujarat Titans at the Wankhede Stadium.
(With Inputs From IANS)