Kolkata Knight Riders have signed Sri Lanka fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera as a replacement for Gus Atkinson, who had been snapped up by the franchise for INR 1 crore (USD 120,000 approx) at the IPL 2024 auction in December last year. Chameera, who had gone unsold at the bartering, will presently join KKR at his base cost of INR 50 lakh (USD 60,000 approx). The 32-year-old has been essential for Rajasthan Royals, Illustrious Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Goliaths previously. Chameera can hit speeds north of 140kph and in his latest T20 game, he had gotten 2 for 20 in his four overs for Dubai Capitals against Abu Dhabi, the UAE partner of Knight Riders in the ILT20. Atkinson, the 26-year-old Britain quick bowler, was because of play in the IPL interestingly, however he has now removed from the competition, with the ECB dealing with his timetable after a long winter away. Atkinson had played three games for Britain at the World Cup in India, then, at that point, went to the Caribbean for a white-ball visit in December and has since gotten back to India for Britain's continuous Test series. With respect to Chameera, he has played 12 IPL games up until this point, taking nine wickets at an economy pace of 8.73. Aside from Chameera, Mitchell Starc is the just abroad cutting edge speedy in Knight Riders' crew. Starc was purchased for a record INR 24.75 crore (USD 2.98 million approx.) at the closeout. IPL 2024 is probably going to be played between Walk 22 and the finish of May, with the last timetable to be reported once the surveying dates for India's overall decisions have been concluded by the Political race Commission.