<p>Fast bowler Ali Khan has become the first player from the United States to join the Indian Premier League after being included in the Kolkata Knight Riders squad.</p>.<p>The Pakistan-born Khan replaces England's Harry Gurney, sidelined by a shoulder injury, in the Knight Riders team for the Twenty20 tournament starting Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.</p>.<p>"Welcome to the #KKRfamily @IamAlikhan23 ! Enjoy @IPL & the experience. Tough luck @gurneyhf . Get well soon. You will be missed," Knight Riders chief executive Venky Mysore wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>Gurney, a left-arm quick who has played 10 ODIs and two T20 internationals, pulled out of the IPL and England's T20 Blast due to surgery on his shoulder.</p>.<p>Khan comes into the IPL after winning the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with the Trinbago Knight Riders -- run by the same parent company as the Kolkata Knight Riders -- who won all 12 matches to seal the title.</p>.<p>The right-armer was spotted at the 2018 Global T20 Canada by West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who brought him to the CPL.</p>.<p>Khan, 29, played a key role in the US gaining ODI status at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia last year.</p>
<p>Fast bowler Ali Khan has become the first player from the United States to join the Indian Premier League after being included in the Kolkata Knight Riders squad.</p>.<p>The Pakistan-born Khan replaces England's Harry Gurney, sidelined by a shoulder injury, in the Knight Riders team for the Twenty20 tournament starting Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.</p>.<p>"Welcome to the #KKRfamily @IamAlikhan23 ! Enjoy @IPL & the experience. Tough luck @gurneyhf . Get well soon. You will be missed," Knight Riders chief executive Venky Mysore wrote on Twitter.</p>.<p>Gurney, a left-arm quick who has played 10 ODIs and two T20 internationals, pulled out of the IPL and England's T20 Blast due to surgery on his shoulder.</p>.<p>Khan comes into the IPL after winning the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with the Trinbago Knight Riders -- run by the same parent company as the Kolkata Knight Riders -- who won all 12 matches to seal the title.</p>.<p>The right-armer was spotted at the 2018 Global T20 Canada by West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo, who brought him to the CPL.</p>.<p>Khan, 29, played a key role in the US gaining ODI status at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia last year.</p>