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    "excerpt": "Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday signed England's Jason Roy for INR 2.8 crore for the remainder of IPL 2023.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Wednesday signed England&#39;s Jason Roy for INR 2.8 crore for the remainder of IPL 2023.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Roy set his base price at INR 1.5 crore. His signing comes after two time champions have lost their key players due to various reasons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Regular skipper Shreyas Iyer has been ruled out of the ongoing IPL season with a back surgery due in London and Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has opted out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 32-year old Roy has earlier played for four IPL teams -- KKR, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad. His last appearance in the league came in the 2021 season for Sunrisers, where he scored 150 runs in five games, including a half-century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The English opener has played 64 T20Is for the country, scoring 1522 runs at a strike-rate of 137.61 with eight fifties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 32-year old Roy has earlier played for four IPL teams -- KKR, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Lions and Sunrisers Hyderabad. His last appearance in the league came in the 2021 season for Sunrisers, where he scored 150 runs in five games, including a half-century.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.cricketnmore.com\/tagging\/ipl-flashback\">IPL Tales &amp; Records<\/a><\/p>\r\n",
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