IPL 2022: Stephen Fleming- Moeen Ali: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has confirmed that Moeen Ali will miss the next seven days of action due to an ankle injury as CSK’s struggle in IPL 2022 continues. He is hopeful that the injured Ali will make a quick recovery in a week’s time. Follow all the IPL 2022 live updates on InsideSport.IN
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IPL 2022: Stephen Fleming CONFIRMS, Moeen Ali to miss few matches due to ankle INJURY as CSK struggle continues
“He rolled his ankle. X-Rays revealed there was no fracture but there is always a recovery period, maybe seven days. We are hopeful the recovery will be quick given that there is no fracture,” Fleming said at the post-match press conference on Monday.
IPL 2022: CSK absentees
- Deepak Chahar (Out of IPL)
- Adam Milne (Out of IPL)
- Devon Conway (Out for wedding)
- Moeen Ali (Injured, to miss 3-4 matches
- The England all-rounder had picked up the injury during a training session on Saturday. He missed Monday’s game against Punjab Kings, which CSK lost by 11 runs.
- He last featured in CSK’s three-wicket loss to Gujarat Titans on April 17.
- Ali, who was one of the key members of the CSK side that won the title last season, has struggled with the bat and ball both in the ongoing edition of the league.
- While Ali has scored only 87 runs at an average of 17.40, including a 48 against Sunrisers, he has gone wicketless so far, conceding 68 runs in the eight overs that he has bowled.
- CSK have been marred with injuries this season with pacers Deepak Chahar and Adam Milne already ruled out of the tournament.
Moeen Ali in IPL 2022
- Moeen has been below par for CSK this year
- First, due to VISA issue he arrived late for IPL 2022 and missed a few matches
- Secondly, his form is patchy. He has just scored 87 Runs in 5 matches this year for CSK.
- Moeen Ali hasn’t taken any wickets in this edition of IPL. In eight overs, he has conceded 68 runs so far.
- After he was dropped from the MI match, he has been sidelined with an ankle injury.
- On the other hand, Santner has played two games this season. He has picked two wicket but his economy rate of 6.71 has been very good.
Chennai Super Kings have been plagued with injury crisis with Deepak Chahar and Adam Milne both ruled out of IPL 2022 with injuries. Tackling the injury crisis, CSK have managed just two wins in 7 matches. To stay alive in the Playoff race, CSK must win at least six out of 7 matches.
CSK Full squad: Ravindra Jadeja (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa (wk), Dwayne Bravo, Moeen Ali (injured), Shivam Dube, Devon Conway (Out for wedding), Mitchell Santner, Dwaine Pretorious, Narayan Jagadeesan (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Deepak Chahar (out of IPL 2022), Maheesha Pathirana (Adam Milne replacement), Chris Jordan, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, KM Asif, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Bhagath Varma, Hari Nishanth, Subranshu Senapati.
IPL 2022: Stephen Fleming CONFIRMS, Moeen Ali to miss few matches due to ankle INJURY as CSK struggle continues
Relief for CSK ft. Ambati Rayudu
On Monday, Ambati Rayudu bruised his hand while fielding in the first innings and needed treatment. The batter then kept CSK in the chase smashing seven boundaries and six sixes in his 39-ball 78 after the top order failed once again.
“The first check was around the break and his hand was bruising. It was just a case of icing that and getting that down and I think a little padding around the glove.
“It was the same hand that was broken sometime back, so it’s still pretty tender and a knock like that can obviously cause some damage,” Fleming said.
Fleming defends decision to send R Jadeja ahead of MS Dhoni
The New Zealander defended the decision to send the out-of-form Ravindra Jadeja ahead of the MS Dhoni, who scripted a memorable three-wicket victory against Mumbai Indians in the previous game. The veteran wicketkeeper batter had hit a six and two fours in the final over to seal the match in CSK’s favour.
“We lost the wicket in the 12th (13th) over, pretty close to when we’ve seen MS Dhoni come in in the last 13 years, but today it was in the 12th over.
“We had this discussion a lot, MS’ best time is from about 15 overs onwards and Jadeja has played some good innings for us from the stage, and we don’t throw that out based on 1-2 games.”
Stephen Fleming on Rajvardghan Hangargrekar
When asked if U-19 World Cup star Rajvardhan Hangargekar will be give a chance this season given CSK’s depleted bowling unit, Fleming said, “At some stage, but we have to be careful I know he’s performed really well at the U-19 level but this (IPL) is a step up.”
