New Delhi: Indian Premier League official Twitter handle on Monday confirmed the speculations of South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen joining the Rajasthan Royals squad in the upcoming edition of the IPL extravaganza scheduled to start from 7th April.
Klaasen will replace Steve Smith in squad who was banned from playing IPL 2018 because of his role in the ball-tampering scandal in the Cape Town Test.
The wicket-keeper batsman was picked for INR 50 lakh from the Registered and Available Player Pool (RAPP) list.
The 26-year-old recently made his international debut against India in 50-over format and picked up the Man of the Match award in his second ODI. He then made his debut in the shortest format of the game in the following three-match T20I series.
Royals squad: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), D'Arcy Short, Rahul Tripathi, Aryaman Birla, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, Prashant Chopra, Heinrich Klaasen, Ben Stokes, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, K Gowtham, Jatin Saxena, Mahipal Lomror, Zahir Khan, Shreyas Gopal, Midhun S, Ankit Sharma, Anureet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Dhawal Kulkarni, Dushmantha Chameera, Ben Laughlin