Adam Zampa ruled out from remainder of IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad due to shoulder injury

ANI April 15, 2025 168 views

Australian leg-spinner Adam Zampa has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2024 due to a recurring shoulder injury. Sunrisers Hyderabad has replaced him with promising Karnataka batter Smaran Ravichandran. Zampa had played two matches for SRH, contributing 1 wicket in each high-scoring game. The young replacement brings impressive domestic cricket credentials, including centuries in first-class and List A formats.

"Smaran Ravichandran has 7 First-Class games, 10 List A matches & 6 T20s" - IPL Media Advisory
New De: lhi [India] April 15 ANI): Australia legspinner Adam Zampa has been excluded from the rest of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) because of a recurrence of an earlier shoulder injury, as per a report from ESPNcricinfo.

Key Points

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Adam Zampa exits IPL after playing two matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad

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Shoulder injury ends his tournament campaign early

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Smaran Ravichandran joins SRH as replacement player

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Young Karnataka batter replaces experienced Australian spinner

Zampa participated in SRH's initial two matches of the tournament as the Impact Sub and achieved figures of 1 for 48 and 1 for 46 in two extremely high-scoring matches.He has played 22 IPL matches and has 31 wickets to his name with a best of 6/18.

Zampa is now unlikely to play again until Australia's next T20I series against West Indies in the Caribbean starting in late July.

SRH announced uncapped Smaran Ravichandran as the replacement for experienced spinner Adam Zampa on Monday. IPL released a media advisory on Monday to confirm that Hyderabad has roped in the 21-year-old left-handed batter from Karnataka at his base price of Rs 30 lakh as a replacement for the injured Australian ball tweaker.

"Smaran Ravichandran has 7 First-Class games, 10 List A matches & 6 T20s and has over 1100 runs from these matches. The left-handed batter, who plays for Karnataka in Domestic Cricket, joins SRH for INR 30 Lakh," a Media Advisory from IPL said on Monday.

Smaran has made a name for himself as an all-format player for Karnataka. In seven first-class matches, coming during the Ranji Trophy this season, he scored 516 runs at an average of 64.50, with two centuries and best score of 203.

In 10 List A matches, he has also made 433 runs at an average of 72.16, with two centuries and fifties each. In the Vijay Hazare Trophy final for Karnataka, he made a match-winning ton against Vidarbha.

In six T20s, he has made 170 runs at an average of 34.00, with a strike rate of 170.00 and one half-century.

SRH will now play Mumbai Indians in the 33rd match of the ongoing IPL 2025, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday, April 17. SRH is placed in ninth position while MI after a win against Delhi Capitals on Sunday is placed in seventh.

Reader Comments

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Rahul K.
Big blow for SRH! Zampa was just finding his rhythm. Hope he recovers soon for the T20 World Cup 🤞 The replacement Smaran looks promising though - that 203 in Ranji is impressive!
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Priya M.
Not sure about this replacement strategy. SRH already has batting depth - they needed an experienced spinner like Zampa for the middle overs. Smaran's stats are good but IPL pressure is different 😬
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Arjun S.
That Vijay Hazare final century was clutch! Excited to see what this young gun can do. Karnataka keeps producing gems 💎 #SupportDomesticCricket
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Sneha P.
Zampa's 6/18 remains one of the best bowling performances I've seen in IPL. Get well soon legend! Meanwhile, SRH's season keeps getting tougher... 😅
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Vikram J.
Respectful criticism: SRH management needs to rethink their injury management. This is the 3rd player ruled out this season. Are they pushing players too hard in training?
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Kavita R.
That strike rate of 170 in T20s though! 🔥 Smaran might surprise us all. Sometimes fresh talent brings new energy to struggling teams. Best of luck to him!

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