Young Australian wicket-keeper batsman Josh Philippe will miss the IPL starting April 9 and will likely be changed by New Zealand’s Finn Allen within the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad.
“Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed up New Zealand wicketkeeper batsman Finn Allen as replacement for Josh Philippe who will be unavailable for the entire season,” an IPL launch mentioned.
The 23-year-old Philippe had made his IPL debut within the UAE final yr, enjoying 5 video games and scoring 78 runs for RCB.
His substitute Finn has performed 12 First-class video games and scored three half centuries.
The 21-year-old had smashed 512 runs in 11 innings to emerge as the highest run-scorer within the Super Smash League this yr.
“Finn had a base price of Rs 20 lakh equivalent to that of Josh Philippe. It will be Finn’s debut VIVO IPL season this year when he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore,” the discharge added.