Deepak Chahar Injury: Chennai Super Kings team is currently playing against Kolkata Knight Riders. In this match, Chennai Super Kings captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has won the toss and decided to bowl first. Deepak Chahar is not playing in this match. He is injured and another player has got a chance in his place in the playing eleven.
Ruturaj Gaikwad said this
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said that it is good to win the toss. It is feeling humid and dew is expected tonight. So we will bowl first. We have lost the last two matches. Certainly I am waiting to win this match. We are playing good cricket. We want to keep things simple and focus on ourselves. We were forced to make changes. Deepak Chahar has suffered a minor injury. Because of this he is not playing in this match. Shardul Thakur has got a chance in his place. Matisha Pathirana is also not there and Mustafizur Rahman is included in the playing eleven.
Shardul Thakur got a chance
In the current season, Deepak Chahar has played four matches so far, in which he has been able to take four wickets. Now Shardul has got a chance in his place. Shardul is playing his first match in IPL 2024. Shardul is an expert in excellent bowling and batting. He has also played for Chennai Super Kings before. So far he has taken 89 wickets in 86 matches of IPL. He has also scored 286 runs, which includes a half-century.
CSK’s Playing 11:
Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Tushar Deshpande, Mahesh Tikshina.
KKR’s Playing 11:
Philip Salt (wicketkeeper), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (captain), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Mitchell Starc, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
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