Who is Luan-Dre Pritorius, which Rajasthan Royals included in their team, why did the team give a chance to a 20-year-old young player

Lhuan Dre Pretorius: The Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) is at its peak. So far, all the teams have played 11 to 12 matches, out of which 3 teams have been out of the playoff race. Rajasthan Royals are also named among these three teams. Rajasthan has its next match with Chennai Super Kings.

The team has made a big change before the match against Chennai. He has been dropped by his trusted batsman from this season, replacing a young batsman in the team.

Luan-Dre Pratorius replaced by Nitish Rana, part of the team

Rajasthan Royals veteran batsman Nitish Rana has been given out of the entire season due to injury. Nitish Rana is hurt in the calf, due to which he will not be able to bat. South Africa’s young wicketkeeper-batsman Luan-Dreas (Lhuan Dre Pretorius) Pretorius has been included in the team in place of this veteran batsman.

Who is Luan-Dre Pretorius

Luan-Dre Pretorius is a 20-year-old young player. He is an emerging player from South Africa, who is Maheer in batting and wicketkeeping. He has not yet made his debut in international cricket, but he has done well in domestic T20 cricket. So far, he has played 33 matches in T20 cricket, in which he has scored 911 runs and his best score is 97 runs.

ICC scored the most in Under-19 World Cup

Luan-Drape Pritorius scored the highest run in the ICC Under-19 World Cup for South Africa in 2024 last year. He also played the best in the SA20 2024/25 season. Apart from this, while playing for Parl Royals, he scored 397 runs in 12 innings, which is commendable.

Luan-Drais Pritorius will debut against Chennai in the IPL. In such a situation, it remains to be seen whether he can scatter his batting here or not.