IPL 2025: Delhi Capitals instead of Brook with this Afghan batsman, did this big act in Kabul League
Harry Brook: Harry Brook was banned by BCCI for two years
New Delhi:
Despite participating in the auction, England star batsman Harry Brook, who withdrew from the mega event, was banned by the IPL Governing Body for two years. Brook to Delhi Capitals (Delhi capitals) Bought for Rs 6.25 crore. However, now Delhi has linked the 23 -year -old Afghan batsman of Afghanistan, Sedikullah Atal instead of Brook. Sedikullah came in the Champions Trophy at the beginning of the year, playing an innings of 85 runs against Australia.
It did this amazing in an over
Sedikullah Atal has scored 1,507 runs in 49 T20 matches at an average of 34.25, including 13 half -centuries. He first came into the limelight during the Kabul Premier League 2023 when he scored 48 runs in a single over. In that innings, he was unbeaten by scoring 118 runs off 56 balls. It consisted of seven fours and ten sixes. He also scored a century in the final of the tournament in which he scored 103 runs off just 42 balls.
Emerging Asia Cup title winning hero
Atal played an important role in Afghanistan’s title win in the ACC men’s T20 Emerging Team Asia Cup 2024 where he was the most successful batsman by scoring 368 runs in five matches. Brook decided not to play in the IPL despite being purchased in the auction, for which the BCCI has banned them. Hemang Badani, head coach of Delhi Capitals, said, ‘We are excited to welcome Atal in Delhi Capitals. She is an exciting young talent who has influenced everyone with their performance for both the young and senior teams of Afghanistan.
