Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), who clinched their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) title final season after beating the then-defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) within the ultimate, gearing up for the seventeenth version of the cash-rich league beneath the management of the talismanic captain MS Dhoni. As CSK prepares for the IPL 2024 public sale together with the 9 different groups, former South African and Royal Challenegers Bangalore (RCB) star AB de Villiers has made a prediction concerning the attainable transfer for CSK.
AB de Villiers’ explains why CSK received’t pursue Pat Cummins within the IPL 2024 Public sale
With a couple of large names set to go beneath the hammer on December 19 in Dubai, De Villiers believed that Australian skipper Pat Cummins won’t be an choice for the Dhoni-led facet, they usually can discover higher alternate options than the star pacer. The 39-year-old thought of Cummins as a two-format bowler and mentions that the Aussie speedster has been sensational in longer codecs of the sport however hasn’t been efficient on the subject of the T20 format.
“I don’t see Pat Cummins going to CSK. He has been a bit costly over the previous few years so I don’t see T20 as his strongest swimsuit. He’s extra of an ODI or a Check bowler. However something can occur within the public sale,” De Villiers stated on his Youtube channel.
“They (CSK) are pretty good within the spin division and I really feel they’ll want a pacer. You will notice these guys characteristic on the backend of the event. They at all times appear to discover a method,” the Pretoria-born cricketer concluded.
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CSK’s present tempo bowling line-up and alternate options within the public sale
On the subject of CSK, they have already got many quick bowlers within the type of Simarjeet Singh, Mukesh Chaudhary, Deepak Chahar and Sri Lankan Mahesh Pathirana. Nonetheless, the dearth of expertise might drive CSK to think about going after Cummins. Aside from Cummins, many different worldwide pacers are participating within the public sale, together with Cummins’ countryman Josh Hazlewood, who performed for CSK for 2 years and could possibly be an choice for the defending champions.
