As a replacement for Harry Brook, the Delhi Capitals sign Lizaad Williams
As a replacement for Harry Brook, the Delhi Capitals sign Lizaad Williams
Delhi Capitals found a replacement for Harry Brook for the IPL 2024
Delhi Capitals has successfully managed to find a substitute for
Harry Brook who was forced to terminate his participation in the Indian Premier League 2024 following the demise of his grandmother. The South African fast bowler Lizaad Williams has been selected as the replacement for Harry Brook. Lizaad Williams had been bid for INR 50 Laksh last year’s in the auction. This is his debut show as for him.
Delhi has also mentioned that Lungi Ngidi will serve as cover in current season, as well. Nevertheless, he pulled out the campaign following a withdrawal mode from dealing with the lower back injury. It was in the previous SA20 series held in January that he got his hamstring injury.
The Delhi capital's pace brigade will include Lizaad Williams. And compatriots Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Jhye Richardson and Mukesh Kumar. Together, Mitch Marsh and Sumit Kumar form a potent fast bowling support cast.
In April 2022 a player by the name of Williams made his first appearance playing for the South African Cricket team. Since then, he has been part of two Test contests and four One Day International (ODI) as well as eleven matches of the Twenty20 format (T20I).
Williams has become a vital part of team management, with a career total of 106 wickets from 83 T20 matches to show for his efforts in the short format game. His bowling average is incredible of 19.76, the figure shows that he is able to take wickets easily and allows the others to restrict the runs to be scored against him.
Significantly, Williams too was part of the Jozi Super Kings side in the SA20 tournament. It turned out that he was ranked fourth among the top scorers with 15 wickets for the whole course of the tournament. With this performance, his playing ability became clear and commendable.
His efforts earned him a call-up in the South African team for the 2023 ODI World Cup. In the course of the competition, he stepped onto the field once to meet Bangladesh. Although precise statistics are not given here, the team selecting him has a reason to believe in his bowling skills.