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Dwayne Bravo ruled out of IPL due to groin injury | CSK seamer Dwayne Bravo has been ruled out for the rest of IPL 2020
Chennai Super Kings is having a tough time in IPL 2020 and now their trusted all-rounder, Dwayne Bravo, has been ruled out of the remainder of the season due to a groin injury. The franchise confirmed it on Twitter for the fans.
“It’s sad news, it’s sad to be leaving my team CSK. To all our CSK fans, I want you all to keep encouraging the team, keep supporting, all the true die-hard CSK fans,” Bravo said in a video message.
The right-arm medium-fast pacer couldn’t bowl the last over agaisnt Delhi Capitals when they had to defend 17 runs. For someone like Bravo it was a cake walk to bowl in death overs but due to sudden injury, Ravindra Jadeja bowled the over and Axar Patel scored the winning runs with three sixes and one double. Bravo was out of IPL in the first five matches due to knee injury that he developed from CPL where he played for the winning team Trinbago Knight Riders.
The team has earned only six points in 10 matches that brings them to the bottom of the table. CSK is playing for the spirit of the game with less hope of entering the playoff matches. “This wasn’t a season we expected or our fans wanted, but we gave it our best. Sometimes, despite giving our best, the results don’t show. Keep supporting us and I can guarantee you we’re going to come back stronger and better like champions. One of the most successful franchises, I feel we should be proud to be members and fans of CSK”, Bravo said.
According to ESPNCricinfo reports, CSK’s Chief Executive officer Kasi Viswanathan said that 2020 season has been a hard pill to swallow. “We know that we have the team which can do well better than what we have done now. We have the potential to do better, but somehow or the other we have not been able to perform to the expectations of not only the fans but also ourselves till now”, he said.
Viswanathan assured the fans that the team will end the season on a better note. “We still have four more games. The team is very keen. The dressing-room atmosphere is very good. That is the most important thing even now – they want to come back and fight. That is because the coaching staff and the captain have really taken up the team’s cause very seriously. I am still hopeful that the team will do well”, he said.
Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.
