The tournament’s organisers stated on Thursday that Devon Conway, the opener for New Zealand, will not be competing due to injury. In Richard Gleeson, an English fast bowler, CSK signed him to replace him.
After the major setback was revealed, CSk signed Richard Gleeson at his base price of Rs 50 lakh.
Devon Conway was anticipated to join the Super Kings team as the competition came to a close. The opener for New Zealand, who was instrumental in their successful run in the 2023 Indian Premier League, was sidelined for the initial part of the season with a thumb injury. Conway sustained the injury while playing for Australia in a Twenty20 International Series against New Zealand in New Zealand. He received surgery to address the problem.
Richard Gleeson has been added by CSK to the team for the remaining TATA IPL 2024 matches. Gleeson has taken nine wickets in six Twenty20 Internationals as an England representative. Gleeson has also taken 101 wickets in 90 T20 matches and played 90 T20 matches, according to an IPL press release.
In the second season of the ILT20, Gleeson, 36, was a player for the Gulf Giants. In five games for the Giants, he took five wickets. Considering Mustafizur Rahman’s impending return to Bangladesh, CSK decided to add Gleeson to their arsenal of foreign fast bowlers. Only until May 2 will the left-arm bowler, who has taken 10 wickets in 5 matches be available for CSK.Since the 2022 mega auction, Devon Conway has been among the Super Kings’ most reliable batters. The left-handed opener has emerged as Ruturaj Gaikwad’s preferred opening partner since he fits the criteria flawlessly at the top of the order.
Conway amassed 924 runs in 23 games for CSK, including nine half-centuries and a career-high 92.
Conway’s ability to attack pace and spin did wonders for the Super Kings in the 2023 Indian Premier League, particularly at home and on sluggish pitches around the nation. Last year, Conway amassed 671 runs with a strike rate of nearly 140 and an average of 51 in 16 games.
Rachin Ravindra, a fellow New Zealander, has been opening the batting for CSK in his absence.
With Conway’s importance to New Zealand’s T20 World Cup campaign, caution would have been wise.
CSK SQUAD IN IPL 2024
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Sameer Rizvi.
All-rounders: Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Aravelly Avinash
Bowlers: Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana, Simarjeet Singh, Mustafizur Rahman, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Ajay Mandal, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Richard Gleeson.
