Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), who clinched their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title final season after beating the then-defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) within the remaining, gearing up for the seventeenth version of the cash-rich league underneath the management of the talismanic captain MS Dhoni. As CSK prepares for the IPL 2024 public sale together with the 9 different groups, former South African and Royal Challenegers Bangalore (RCB) star AB de Villiers has made a prediction in regards to the doable transfer for CSK.
AB de Villiers’ explains why CSK received’t pursue Pat Cummins within the IPL 2024 Public sale
With just a few huge names set to go underneath the hammer on December 19 in Dubai, De Villiers believed that Australian skipper Pat Cummins may not be an possibility for the Dhoni-led aspect, and so they can discover higher alternate options than the star pacer. The 39-year-old thought-about Cummins as a two-format bowler and mentions that the Aussie speedster has been sensational in longer codecs of the sport however hasn’t been efficient in terms of the T20 format.
“I don’t see Pat Cummins going to CSK. He has been a bit costly over the previous few years so I don’t see T20 as his strongest go well with. He’s extra of an ODI or a Take a look at bowler. However something can occur within the public sale,” De Villiers mentioned on his Youtube channel.
“They (CSK) are pretty good within the spin division and I really feel they’ll want a pacer. You will note these guys function on the backend of the match. They at all times appear to discover a method,” the Pretoria-born cricketer concluded.
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CSK’s present tempo bowling line-up and alternate options within the public sale
In the case of CSK, they have already got many quick bowlers within the type of Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Chaudhary, Deepak Chahar and Sri Lankan Mahesh Pathirana. Nevertheless, the shortage of expertise might pressure CSK to contemplate going after Cummins. Other than Cummins, many different worldwide pacers are collaborating within the public sale, together with Cummins’ countryman Josh Hazlewood, who performed for CSK for 2 years and might be an possibility for the defending champions.
