A again harm to Deepak Chahar has all however put paid to the tempo bowling all-rounder’s hopes of taking part in within the ongoing IPL-15, including to the woes of Chennai Super Kings’ faltering marketing campaign.
Having entered the match with out Chahar, their strike bowler, the defending champions have misplaced all their 4 matches to this point within the 10-team competitors and are positioned on the backside of the factors desk.
While CSK have all the time claimed that their Rs 14 crore purchase can be match earlier than the second week of April, the seriousness of the tear was such that there was “no chance of his availability” within the match.
According to sources, the India and CSK bowler suffered the again harm throughout his rehab on the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.
Chahar has been on the NCA for greater than a month now, recovering from the quadricep tear he picked throughout India’s T20I sequence towards West Indies in February.
Initially it was believed that Chahar would miss a significant a part of the IPL, however his fast restoration stored CSK optimistic of a late April return.
Deepak Chahar’s absence has disadvantaged CSK of a Powerplay specialist bowler. (File)
The bowling all-rounder had suffered a quadriceps harm in the course of the third T20I towards West Indies in February, strolling off the sector after failing to finish his spell.
The 29-year-old, who was purchased for Rs 14 crore within the mega public sale, went on to overlook the following sequence towards Sri Lanka.
Chahar, who can be adept at taking part in the massive pictures, performed a key position within the workforce’s success final 12 months.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
