Andrew Tye To Join LSG for ₹1 Crore As A Replacement For ₹7.5-Crore Buy Mark Wood
Mumbai: LSG has signed Andrew Tye as a replacement for the injured England pacer Mark Wood for IPL 2022. Wood, who was bought by LSG for ₹7.5 crores, suffered an elbow injury during England’s first Test against West Indies earlier this month.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have signed Andrew Tye as a replacement for England pacer Mark Wood for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Wood suffered an elbow injury during England’s first Test against West Indies earlier this month,” it was announced by the IPL in an official statement.
Tye has represented Australia in 32 T20Is and has taken 47 wickets. The right-arm pacer, who has played 27 IPL matches so far and picked up 40 wickets, will join the LSG at a cost of Rs. 1 crore. He is a former Purple Cap winner who took 24 wickets for Punjab Kings (formerly Kings XI Punjab) in IPL 2018. Tye had picked up a hat-trick and taken five wickets on his IPL debut in 2017 for Gujarat Lions against the Rising Pune Supergiant.
The 35-year-old is expected to bring his rich BBL experience to LSG. He was the third-highest wicket-taker in the 2021–22 BBL season, taking 25 wickets for the Scorchers, including 3/15 in the final, as their tea won the Big Bash League title.
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