South Africa’s prolific opener Hashim Amla is set to make his Indian Premium League debut, replacing injured Shaun Marsh at Kings XI Punjab for the rest of the ongoing ninth season.

Marsh became the latest Australian player to pull out midway into the IPL season due to injury.

Amla confirmed the development on Twitter that he would be joining the bottom-placed team in the IPL league table.

“Excited to be with @lionsdenkixp for the remainder of the @ipl. Looking forward to it. Thanks for the support peeps,” Amla said.