IPL 2024: 2 pacers of Chennai Super Kings injured, one returned home, the dream of playoff may be shattered

New Delhi. Chennai Super Kings, which was running at a gallop in the first half of IPL 2024, seems to be derailing in the second half. The pace attack of CSK, playing under the leadership of MS Dhoni and captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad, has suddenly started looking weak. Reason- It has three fast bowlers, who are not able to be included in the playing eleven due to various reasons.

Chennai Super Kings had to face defeat against Punjab Kings in IPL 2024. There were two reasons for this defeat. The batsmen of the first team could not score big. The second reason can be considered to be the availability of the team’s fast bowler. Mathisha Pathirana did not play in this match due to injury. Deepak Chahar could bowl only 2 balls and went out of the field due to muscle strain. Chennai’s bowling suddenly became weak due to the departure of a regular bowler, of which Punjab’s batsmen took full advantage.

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Chennai Super Kings now have 10 points from 10 matches in the points table. They will have to win at least 3 of the remaining 4 matches to maintain their hopes of making the playoffs. However, his path does not seem easy. The reason is that the team’s pace bowling has suddenly faltered.

Mustafizur Rahman, who has been performing well for Chennai Super Kings, has left IPL and returned home. Now he will play for his national team Bangladesh. Indian pacer Deepak Chahar is injured. CSK coach Stephen Fleming has admitted that his injury could be serious. The third blow to CSK is the injury of Mathisha Pathirana. This Sri Lankan fast bowler has performed well in IPL 2024, but now he is also injured.

How many options does Chennai have?
Chennai Super Kings still has to play at least 4 matches in IPL 2024. If Deepak Chahar and Pathirana are not fit, then the burden of Chennai’s pace attack may fall on the shoulders of Richard Gleeson, Shardul Thakur and Tushar Pandey. Gleeson has played his first match in IPL just a day ago, but the way he bowled makes it certain that Chennai can trust him. The team also has two options in the form of Mukesh Chauthary, Simarjit Singh and Rajvardhan Hangargekar.

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