Lucknow Super Giants signs Aussie star pacer Andrew Tye as a replacement for injured Mark Wood

The Lucknow Super Giants on Wednesday signed Australian right-arm pacer Andrew Tye at ₹1 crore into its playing 11 squads ahead of their IPL debut this year. Tye has been included in the team as a replacement for English fast bowler Mark Wood, who has been ruled out of Tata IPL 2022 due to an elbow injury. The new squad will be opening its IPL campaign on March 28, against fellow debutante Gujarat Titans at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

LSG Squad gets a new addition

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As per reports, the LSG had initially reached out to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to sign Taskin Ahmed for the season. However, he was denied the No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the board given Bangladesh's hectic schedule. They then signed Australian Andrew Tye, who has a total of 47 international wickets to his credits, in just 32 T20Is. Additionally, this veteran Aussie player has played 27 IPL matches in which he bagged 40 wickets so far.

Recently, the Lucknow Super Giants officials also signed Zimbabwean pacer, Blessing Muzarabani as a net bowler. However, it was also anticipated, that Muzarabani will be replacing Mark Wood. Though, with the signing of Andrew Tye, the chances of Muzarabani replacing Mark Wood have been eliminated.

The right-arm Aussie pacer is especially known for his slow deliveries and yorkers. Potentially lethal against most of the batters, and backing up the team defence as a recognised bowling specialist, Tye will be replacing the 32-year old Mark Wood in Lucknow Super Giants. He will be accompanied by the last IPL season's second-highest wicket-taker Avesh Khan, Sri Lankan spearhead Dushmantha Chameera and Kanpur's Ankit Rajpoot who are already a part of the LSG playing squad.

Lucknow Super Giants complete squad

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KL Rahul, Marcus Stoinis, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, Krunal Pandya, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye, Avesh Khan, Ankit Rajput, K Gowtham, Dushmanta Chameera, Shahbaz Nadeem, Manan Vohra, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Evin Lewis, Mayank Yadav, Kyle Mayers and Blessing Muzarabani.