Chennai Super Kings’ IPL 2020 woes have deepened with Dwayne Bravo ruled out for the remainder of the season. Super Kings CEO Kasi VIswanathan told ESPNcricinfo that Bravo suffered a grade 1 tear in his right groin and will leave the UAE on Thursday.
Bravo suffered the injury during the Super Kings’ game against the Delhi Capitals on October 17, and was only able to throw three of his four overs. With Bravo unable to shoot the 20 and the Capitals needing 17 to win, the Super Kings went to Ravindra Jadeja, who conceded 6, 6, 2, 6 to Axar Patel in what turned out to be the last four balls of the game.
Bravo did not participate in the Super Kings’ next game against the Rajasthan Royals on Monday.
“He’s out of the IPL. He has been diagnosed with a grade 1 tear in his right groin,” Viswanathan said. According to Viswanathan Bravo, he has been provided with a rehabilitation program with an estimated recovery time of 2 to 3 weeks.
Bravo missed the start of the season with a knee injury suffered during the Caribbean Premier League. He has since appeared in six of the Super Kings’ ten games, taking six wickets while returning an 8.57 economy rate, and hitting just twice down the order, scoring seven runs.
MS Dhoni, the captain of the Super Kings, has predominantly used Bravo in the middle and end throughout the seasons. This season, Bravo had thrown 13 of his mid-stage overs (7-15 overs), conceding 8.23 runs per over and picking up a wicket, and six overs on the kill (16-20 overs), pocketing five wickets and returning. an economy rate of 9.12.
During the CPL, where he represented the Trinbago Knight Riders title winners, Bravo became the first bowler in T20 cricket to land 500 wickets. Bravo, who turned 37 during the IPL, joined the Super Kings in 2011, and at the 2018 auction, the franchise used the match-right card option to retain him for INR 6.4 crore ($ 1 million at the time ). With 110 wickets, Bravo is the Super Kings’ biggest wicket catcher and the franchise has no ready replacement in terms of experience.
‘The team wants to come back and fight’
The 2020 season has been the worst in the history of the Super Kings. The franchise has lost seven of its 10 games, the most losses in a season for the three-time IPL winners. After the loss to the Royals, Dhoni admitted that the season could be over for the Super Kings, although they are theoretically still the race for playoff spots.
Viswanathan said it was a tough pill to swallow, but he was confident the Super Kings would end the tournament on a better note. “We know we have the team that can do better than we have done now,” he said. “We have the potential to do better, but in one way or another we have not been able to meet the expectations of not only the fans but also ourselves until now.
“We still have four more games. The team is very enthusiastic. The atmosphere in the locker room is very good. That’s the most important thing even now, they want to come back and fight. That’s because the coaching staff and the captain have really taken me very seriously. the team’s cause seriously. I still hope the team will do well. “
Bravo injury concern for the West Indies
Bravo’s injury also poses problems for the West Indies team’s leadership because the bowling all-rounder was chosen last week as part of their squad for the three-game T20I series in New Zealand in November.
Under the proposed schedule, the three T20Is will be played on November 27 in Auckland and November 29 and 30 at Mount Maunganui.
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