IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore rope in Kedar Jadhav as replacement for David Willey

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Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday roped in Kedar Jadhav as a replacement for injured David Willey for the remainder of the IPL 2023. RCB took to Twitter to reveal the news. Willey earlier picked up a toe injury while batting against Kolkata Knight Riders in RCB's last game.

The English all-rounder played four matches for RCB this season and scalped three wickets and adds to the injury list. His compatriot Reece Topley was hurt while playing in the first game of the season and was eventually ruled out.

Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood missed half of the season already with an injury but is likely to play soon. Middle-order batter Rajat Patidar, who was RCB's find of the last season, missed the season as well with a heel injury.

Kedar Jadhav, who made his IPL debut in 2010, has so far played 93 IPL games and has 1,196 runs against his name. The right-handed batter, who has previously represented RCB in 17 matches, was brought on board for his base price of Rs 1 crore.

The 38-year-old Maharashtra all-rounder has played 73 ODIs for India scoring 1,389 runs and also taken 27 wickets with his off-breaks. He also played nine T20Is in which he scored 58 runs. Jadhav had gone unsold in this year's IPL auction and was doing Marathi commentary.

With inputs from PTI