IPL 2024: Chennai Super Kings has suffered a big setback before IPL 2024. A star player of CSK is out of the initial match due to injury. Now the fortunes of a new player seem to be changing in his place. Know who these players are.
Before IPL 2024, Chennai Super Kings are facing setbacks one after the other. CSK’s explosive batsman Devon Conway was already out of the opening match of IPL due to injury. After this, another fast bowler from Chennai, Mathisha Pathirana, while playing for Sri Lanka, got injured in the second match of the T20 series being played against Bangladesh. Due to this the player was dropped from the third T20. Meanwhile, news has come that players will not be able to play the first session of IPL. If Mathisha Pathirana is out, the luck of the powerful bowler in Chennai may change.
Matheesha Pathirana has been ruled out of the last match of the T20 series, which is a big blow for Bangladesh and a huge relief for Kusal Mendis ahead of the series decider at Sylhet. #BangladeshCricket pic.twitter.com/kjrZmibgkx
— Syed Sami (@SamisDugout) March 8, 2024
Death over specialist out
The second match of the T20 series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh was played on 6 March. The players got injured during this match. Due to this they have to sit outside continuously. But the Chennai team has found the replacement for Pathirana. According to the report, a CSK official has given this update. Pathirana played a good role in the last season playing for Chennai. He is a special death overs bowler. But now that Pathirana will not play, this responsibility can be handed over to Bangladeshi star player Mustafizur Rahman in his place.
Mustafizur Rahman will fill the gap
Bangladeshi star player Mustafizur Rahman played the last season of IPL for Delhi Capitals. This year, the Chennai team included the player in their team by paying Rs 2.00 crore. The player made his debut for Mumbai in the year 2018. He has played a total of 48 IPL matches so far. During this period, the player has taken 47 wickets with an average of 30.72 and economy of 7.93. In such a situation, Mustafizur can be seen filling the gap of Pathirana this season.
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