The two-time IPL winners Kolkata Knight Riders have suffered a massive blow ahead of IPL 2023 as English Wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings has withdrawn his name from IPL 2023 to focus on the longer format of the game in England’s county cricket. He made his decision public via a post on the microblogging site Twitter.
Sam Billings was bought by KKR at the IPL 2022 mega auction for a base price of INR 2 crore, he featured for eight matches for KKR at IPL 2022, he scored 169 runs at an average of 24.14 with his highest score being 36.
“Have taken the tough decision that I won’t be taking part in the next IPL KKRiders. Looking to focus on longer-format cricket at the start of the English summer with Kent cricket. Thank you so much for the opportunity KKR! Loved every minute of it. An amazing franchise with some brilliant people. Hopefully, see you again in the future,” Billings wrote in a post via his Twitter handle.
