Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has provided an update on frontline pacer Deepak Chahal’s injury, saying he has suffered a “minor” injury on the sidelines and will return to action soon. The five-time IPL champions will take on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday. Former New Zealand all-round captain Fleming said at the pre-match press conference that Chahal has indeed embarked on the road to recovery and is currently in the recovery phase.

The head coach also reminded media persons that 32-year-old bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur performed well as a substitute for Chahal in the last match against Mumbai Indians (MI) in Chennai.

Speaking about Chahar before the match, Fleming said: “His recovery is going well. It’s a minor injury and nothing to worry about. Shardul Thakur played well in the last game against Mumbai OK, so we chose to give Chahar time to recover well,” the press conference said.

Thakur, who replaced Chahal in the 11th over earlier on Sunday, failed to take a wicket but did control the scoring rate, conceding just 35 runs in all four of his overs.

CSK will enter Friday’s match with a 20-run lead over Mumbai Indians (MI). Led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Chennai franchise currently sits at the third spot in the IPL 2024 standings with 8 points, with 4 wins from 6 games.

Chennai Super Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni (Wk), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman, Matheesha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner, Sheikh Rashid, Aravili Awanish, Mahesh Tikshana, RS Hangargekar, Seemajit Singh , Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Ajay Jadhav Mandal, Richard Gleeson, Deepak Chahar.

Lucknow Supergiants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (Wk/C), Deepak Hooda, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Shamar Joseph, Yash Thakur, Manimaran Siddharth, Prera ​​k Mankad, Arshad Khan, Krishnappa Gowtham, Amit Mishra, Kyle Mayers, Ashton Turner, Matt Henry, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Mayank Yadav, Arshin Kulkarni.

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