Chennai, May 2: Deepak Chahar can win matches with the ball and the bat as well. He in fact, has helped India win a few matches with his allround skills. The same holds true even for his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
But the greatest threat with Deepak Chahar is, he is injury prone. Injuries have seriously taken a toll on his bright career as a cricketer. The latest news is Chahar, the swing bowler, the proven all-rounder is out of action again, injured again.
CSK head coach Stephen Fleming updating about Chahar’s injury said, his hamstring injury doesn’t look good as the early signs to its extent weren’t great.
Chahar, who previously missed two matches in the IPL 2024 season due to a niggle, hobbled off the field after bowling just two deliveries, and never returned to the field for the remainder of the game. It meant CSK became a bowler short in dewy conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, where Punjab Kings outclassed them by seven wickets.
“The travelogue is pretty busy. There’s a lot of ins and outs. So, Deepak Chahar doesn’t look good. The initial feeling wasn’t great. So, I’m hoping for a more positive report when the physio and the doctor have a look,” said Fleming in a post-match press conference.
Chennai, May 2: Deepak Chahar can win matches with the ball and the bat as well. He in fact, has helped India win a few matches with his allround skills. The same holds true even for his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
But the greatest threat with Deepak Chahar is, he is injury prone. Injuries have seriously taken a toll on his bright career as a cricketer. The latest news is Chahar, the swing bowler, the proven all-rounder is out of action again, injured again.
CSK head coach Stephen Fleming updating about Chahar’s injury said, his hamstring injury doesn’t look good as the early signs to its extent weren’t great.
Chahar, who previously missed two matches in the IPL 2024 season due to a niggle, hobbled off the field after bowling just two deliveries, and never returned to the field for the remainder of the game. It meant CSK became a bowler short in dewy conditions at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, where Punjab Kings outclassed them by seven wickets.
“The travelogue is pretty busy. There’s a lot of ins and outs. So, Deepak Chahar doesn’t look good. The initial feeling wasn’t great. So, I’m hoping for a more positive report when the physio and the doctor have a look,” said Fleming in a post-match press conference.
Moreover, Sameer Rizvi was introduced as an impact player, but hit a laborious 21 off 23 balls and Daryl Mitchell, who got a fifty against Sunrisers Hyderabad at number three, was demoted to number eight, leaving fans baffled.
“The Dube factor is the one (the reason behind the batting reshuffle). So, if you get to six overs, that’s the perfect time for him to come in. The next thing is with left-right (combination), we want Jadeja, who has got a positive role as well, to come in and take them (the spinners) on as well, but they bowled well.
“The Rizvi one, we will discuss a little bit more, may go the other way around with that one but again he’s positive and his ability to hit sixes in training has certainly been good. But there’s a temperament part of that as well that young players need to learn. So, we have got a bit of information from that.
“The casualty was Mitchell going down the order. What we learnt from the first part of the tournament was if it goes too low, there are other players – Moeen Ali and MS (Dhoni) – who can push the game along. So, the window closes there but it was very much getting the tactics right for what we wanted to do in the middle and that was to break their spinners up but they won that competition,” elaborated Fleming.
He signed off by defending an out-of-sorts Ajinkya Rahane, who was conservative to begin in power-play and has struggled to get a move on in the entire competition. “I thought he (Rahane) was good and has been probably a bit too aggressive in what he wants to do. Keep in mind, we’re batting on wickets here that we don’t know how they are gonna play.
“So, we got to take a bit of a pause to see what a good score is. If you are 3 for 30, the game is pretty much over. We have gotten an assessment period which we want those two to do. This was very good, 55 for no loss on that wicket was spot on.
“He looked good, and it’s the next phase, (to ensure that) his hitting that was so good last year, is more crisp. It’s not for lack of intent. In fact, he has doubled up on intent. We’re fine with Jinks and the role he plays,” he concluded.
CSK is currently at the fourth position in points table with ten points. They won five matches out of 10 played. The yellow jersey will next take on Punjab Kings on May 5. (With IANS Support)
