With just a few hours left in the (IPL) 2023 season, before that, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team suffered a major blow in the form of fast bowler Mukesh Chowdhary, who is injured throughout the season. reasons have come out. Now CSK announced the inclusion of 20-year-old fast bowler Akash Singh in their squad instead of Mukesh.
Talking about Akash Singh, he was part of the Indian Under-19 team in the Under-19 World Cup held in the year 2020. Apart from this, Mukesh also played for the Rajasthan Royals team in IPL. Akash Singh was included in his squad by the Chennai Super Kings team at the base price of Rs 20 lakhs.
🦁 LION ALERT: Akash Singh joins squad ahead of IPL 2023. #WhistlePodu #yellow
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 30, 2023
If we look at Akash Singh’s career so far, this young player has played 9 T20 matches so far in which he has taken 7 wickets at an average of 34.85. At the same time, in domestic cricket, Mukesh plays for the Nagaland team, in which he has taken 10 wickets in 5 matches so far.
The first match of the upcoming season will be played on March 31 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings at Ahmedabad Stadium. Last season, Mukesh Chowdhary did a great job leading CSK’s attacking pace in the absence of Deepak Chahar. Mukesh played in 13 matches last season and took a total of 16 wickets at an average of 26.5, in which he took 4 for 46 in a match. At the same time, before this, the team has already suffered a major setback at the hands of Kyle Jameson.
