New Delhi, March 22 -- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday announced the signing of pacer Saurabh Dubey, who has replaced the injured Akash Deep ahead of IPL 2026. Akash Deep was ruled out of the upcoming IPL season due to a lower-back stress injury.

His injury meant that KKR's pre-season preparations went from bad to worse as far as their pace bowling attack is concerned.

Star pacer Harshit Rana will miss IPL 2026 due to a knee injury, whereas Matheesha Pathirana will be available only from the middle of April.

The Sri Lanka speedster is recovering from a calf injury he sustained during the T20 World Cup in February. We now take a look into who is Saurabh Dubey.

Saurabh Dubey was born on 23 January, 1998 in Maharashtra's Wardha. He...