Wayne Parnell and Vyshak Vijaykumar named as injury replacements in RCB squad for IPL 2023

After Reece Topley was ruled out of IPL 2023 with a dislocated shoulder, RCB announced South African all-rounder Wayne Parnell as his replacement for the season. The franchise also named talented Karnataka pacer Vyshak Vijaykumar as the replacement player for Rajat Patidar.

Topley managed to register figures of 1/14 from his first two overs for RCB against the Mumbai Indians but after he rolled over to stop a boundary, he was immediately seen clutching onto his shoulder and it seemed like the writing on the wall. 

The England left-arm pacer was replaced by his compatriot David Willey in the RCB XI against the Kolkata Knight Riders, and the latter put up an excellent show in what was a dismal outing for the Challengers. 

Parnell, 33, was last a part of the IPL back in 2014 and on the back of a fantastic SA20 season, the pace-bowling all-rounder will be coming into the RCB squad with form on his side. 

He has been a part of 26 T20s in the IPL where he has claimed 26 scalps. In the shortest format of the game, he has been a part of 257 T20s, picking 259 wickets apart from scoring 1887 runs with the willow. 

Vyshak, an exciting right-arm quick from Karnataka, has so far been a part of 31 matches across various formats for the state team since 2021. Across the last two seasons, from 14 matches, Vyshak has managed to claim 22 wickets in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and could be a fine prospect on the bowling front.