KKR name replacement player for injured Matheesha Pathirana

Published - 24 May 2026, 16:16 IST | Updated - 24 May 2026, 16:25 IST

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have picked Luvnith Sisodia as a replacement for the injured Matheesha Pathirana for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026.

Matheesha Pathirana, a right-arm pacer, is ruled out of the season due to a hamstring injury. Sisodia, a wicketkeeper-batter, was previously a part of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and KKR in the IPL. Sisodia, who represents Karnataka in domestic cricket, has played 15 T20s and has 124 runs to his name from the same.

Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Cameron Green, Finn Allen, Tejasvi Singh, Kartik Tyagi, Prashant Solanki, Daksh Kamra, Sarthak Ranjan, Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert, Blessing Muzarabani, Daksh Kamra, Prashant Solanki, Saurabh Dubey, Luvnith Sisodia