IPL Auction 2023: David Wiese Bought By KKR For 1 Crore

Updated - 23 Dec 2022, 08:42 PM

IPL Auction 2023- David Wiese Bought By KKR For 1 Crore

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David Wiese was picked by Kolkata Knight Riders during the IPL auction 2023. The franchise bought him for Rs. 1 crore during the auction. David Wiese kept a base price of Rs. 1 crore for himself in the IPL auction 2023.

David Wiese is a Namibia player. Earlier, he also played for South Africa. He is a batting all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. Wiese is 37 years old.

David Wiese, Namibia — David Wiese helps Namibia into the Super 12. Image-Twitter

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David Wiese Played For Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2016

David Wiese played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2016. Hye also played for the team in IPL 2015. In the 2015 season, Wiese played 13 games for the team and scored 122 runs at an average of 30.50 and a strike rate of 141+.

With the bat, he gave a wonderful performance, picking 16 wickets at an economy rate of 8.33. In the 2016 season, he only played 1 match in which he scored unbeaten 5 runs. He never played for any IPL season later.

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Wiese is very active in franchise T20 leagues around the world. He has played in leagues like Caribbean Premier League, Lanka Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League, Pakistan Super League, and The Hundred.

Wiese played for the South African national team from 2013 to 2016. From 2021 to the present, he has been playing for the Namibia team. He also played for the team in ICC T20 World Cup 2022.

In his international career, Wiese has played 15 ODIs and 39 T20Is so far. In ODIs, he has scored 330 runs at an average of 25.38 with 1 fifty. He has also picked 15 wickets in ODIs.

In T20Is, Wiese has scored 453 runs in 30 games at an average of 22.65 with 2 half-centuries. He has also picked 41 wickets in the shortest format at an average of 24.05 and an economy rate of 7.42.