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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have roped in Phil Salt as the replacement for Jason Roy after the England batter decided to pull out of the upcoming IPL 2024 season owing to personal reasons.

Salt represented Delhi Capitals last season but was released ahead of the auctions last December. He was DC’s second highest run-getter of IPL 2023 with 218 runs from nine innings including two half-centuries and a best individual score of 87.

Salt remained unsold in the auction of IPL after representing Delhi Capitals last year. The wicket-keeper batter was bought at his reserve price of INR 1.5 crore.

The aggressive wicket-keeper batter from England scored two consecutive T20I centuries against the West Indies in December last year. His 48-ball century in the 4th T20I at Trinidad is also the joint-fastest for England.

Roy was roped in by KKR last year as a replacement of Shakib Al Hasan and scored 285 runs in 8 matches for the two-time champions.