IPL 2023: Three players who can replace Jonny Bairstow at Punjab Kings

1. Dawid Malan

Dawid Malan is a prominent figure in the shortest format of the game. He has obliterated bowlers with his marauding bat and stamped his authority on the cricket field. The southpaw has featured in 295 T20 games and aggregated 8011 runs at a strike rate of 129.02. 

Malan has also been a consistent performer for England in the limited-overs circuit. He has featured in 58 T20Is and amassed 1810 runs at a strike rate of 134.07. When it comes to the ODIs, the flamboyant batter had scored 769 runs in 18 matches at a superb average of 54.92.

Malan is someone who can act both as an accumulator and a destroyer and thus, his inclusion bolsters a team’s batting line-up. Therefore, Punjab Kings could ponder over signing the England batter for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League. If Malan is added to the Punjab set-up, the 35-year-old has the potential to make the T20 extravaganza his own and help PBKS propel to the top of the IPL 2023 points table.

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