New Zealand and Chennai Tremendous Kings wicketkeeper-batter Devon Conway has been dominated out of the whole IPL 2024 with harm. CSK have added England seamer Richard Gleeson to their squad as his alternative.
Conway had suffered a fracture within the joint of his left thumb through the second T20I in opposition to Australia in Auckland in February. He subsequently underwent surgical procedure and CSK had been initially hopeful of getting Conway again in Might for the second half of the IPL, however he has now been sidelined from the entire season.
Conway was central to CSK successful the title in IPL 2023, scoring 672 runs in 15 innings at a median of 51.69 and strike charge of just below 140. Forty-seven of these runs got here in a rain-hit three-day T20 ultimate in opposition to Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad, the place Conway additionally gained the Participant-of-the-Match award.
Conway’s injury-enforced absence leaves Aravelly Avanish, the India Beneath-19 wicketkeeper, as the one back-up to MS Dhoni at CSK.
Gleeson’s addition may assist CSK fill the void that Mustafizur Rahman’s absence would create. The Bangladesh, left-arm seamer, who’s presently CSK’s highest wicket-taker, with ten strikes, has been granted NOC by the BCB to play the IPL until Might 1.
Gleeson, 36, is a late bloomer, who made his first skilled look aged 27 at Northamptonshire. He then emerged as Northamptonshire’s second-highest wicket-taker within the T20 Blast in 2016, with 14 strikes in ten video games at an economic system charge of underneath six.
Gleeson made his worldwide debut for England aged 34 in 2022, when he dismissed Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant inside his first eight balls in a T20I.
Gleeson has by no means performed within the IPL earlier than however has had stints within the Hundred (Manchester Originals), BPL (Rangpur Riders), BBL (Melbourne Renegades), SA20 (Durban’s Tremendous Giants), and ILT20 (Gulf Giants).
In all, Gleeson has performed 90 T20s thus far, selecting up 101 wickets at an economic system charge of 8.18.
