Deepak Chahar’s IPL 2024 journey over? India pacer does not look good, says CSK coach

CSK confronted one other setback as star pacer Deepak Chahar needed to stroll off the sector resulting from a hamstring harm through the IPL 2024 match in opposition to PBKS on the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chepauk. CSK coach Stephen Fleming expressed concern over Deepak Chahar’s health, saying that the Indian pacer doesn’t look good. Chahar’s harm could not have come at a worse second for CSK, who have been already grappling with the absence of essential bowling choices. Matheesha Pathirana, their strike bowler, is sidelined resulting from a niggle, whereas pacer Tushar Deshpande is down with flu. With Deepak Chahar’s unsure standing, CSK’s bowling lineup faces a formidable problem, amplifying the staff’s considerations about their defensive skills.

Moreover, Fleming addressed the departure of Sri Lankan gamers for visa processing, hoping for a easy return earlier than their subsequent match. Regardless of challenges, together with Tushar Deshpande’s flu, Fleming emphasised the staff’s adaptability, highlighting the necessity for consolation in roles and sport plans amidst ongoing struggles. “Deepak Chahar does not look good. Preliminary feeling wasn’t nice. So we’re ready for extra constructive report. Physio and medical doctors will take a look. Sri Lankan boys are off to get visa. So we hope that their course of is easy. And we get them again for our subsequent sport up north (at Dharamshala). Richard Gleeson was good, he was constructive. Tushar Deshpande obtained flu, so we needed to make a number of adjustments right this moment, which is a bit uncommon. However once more that is a part of it and we have now obtained assets. It is simply they have not obtained time to be comfy about their roles and us to be comfy with the sport plan that we’re scuffling with,” CSK coach Stephen Fleming mentioned within the post-match presser.

IPL 2024, CSK vs PBKS: Highlights

CSK might solely muster a below-par 162/7 with PBKS chasing down the whole. Ruturaj Gaikwad made a good-looking 62 however different batters struggled in opposition to correct spin bowling by Harpreet Brar and Rahul Chahar. CSK needed to make two adjustments for the match as their Sri Lankan pacer Pathirana was nursing a niggle and Deshpande was unwell. Replacements Richard Gleeson and Shardul Thakur didn’t impress as heavy dew set in throughout PBKS’s chase.