Going all out: Super Kings went full throttle to signal Mitchell and Rizvi, proper, whereas it added Ravindra for a not-so-high worth of ₹1.8 crore.
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The 2024 IPL could possibly be a defining one for defending champion Chennai Super Kings, because it might properly be the final season for its talismanic captain, M.S. Dhoni.
Going into the participant public sale, the five-time champion wanted to strengthen solely a few areas, and the administration could be happy with how issues turned out in Dubai on Tuesday.
Area of focus
A key space of focus was to search out a substitute for the now-retired Ambati Rayudu, who made impactful performances within the final three title-winning campaigns (2018, 2021 & 2023).
On that entrance, the Super Kings scored a winner in all-rounder Daryl Mitchell and additionally snapped up a highly-rated 20-year-old uncapped participant, Sameer Rizvi, going full throttle for each of them.
The crew made full use of its purse of ₹31.40 crore funds to pursue all-rounder Mitchell and get him for ₹14 crore. Mitchell had a great World Cup in India and might fill Rayudu’s footwear within the middle-order.
Meanwhile, Rizvi (₹8.4 crore) scored 277 runs within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for UP at a strike charge of practically 140 with 18 sixes. The hard-hitting teenager additionally had a sensational UP T20 league, and if he can discover his ft on the IPL degree, the Yellow Brigade might need discovered a star for the long run. These big buys had been arrange proper firstly when the think-tank was capable of strike bargain offers in scooping up New Zealand batting sensation Rachin Ravindra and India medium-pacer Shardul Thakur, who was with the outfit for 4 years between 2018 and 2021.
Shardul’s greatest years within the IPL have been whereas sporting the yellow jersey as a death-overs specialist and he additionally provides depth to the batting line-up.
One of the important thing targets
Coach Stephen Fleming later stated Mitchell was one of his facet’s key targets.
“Daryl is a different type of player, but his performances over the last 18-24 months have warranted this price. He is an unfashionable player and often goes under the radar. With his ability to play spin, he is competitive and a handy bowler,” stated Fleming.
Another goal was an abroad pacer as a cowl for Matheesha Pathirana, and the Chennai facet managed to get a good choice in 28-year-old Bangladeshi left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who is available in with a lot of expertise.
With a profitable core largely intact, CSK has come out of the public sale stronger than earlier than for its title defence and most likely Dhoni’s swansong.
