October 9, 2012

Nuwan Kulasekara in, Dwayne Bravo out for Chennai Super Kings in CLT20

The Twenty20 Champions League Technical Committee has approved changes to the Chennai Super Kings, Next Uva and Yorkshire squads.

For Chennai Super Kings, both Dwayne Bravo and S Anirudha have been forced out of the tournament due to injury. Bravo, who was part of the victorious team in West Indies ICC World Twenty20 2012, has been ruled out due to hamstring injury, which prevented him from bowling during the tournament, and will be replaced by Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri Lanka seamer.

Anirudha broke his right collarbone in the first week of October, during a domestic season and has been advised six weeks rest. He will be replaced by Shadab Jakati, the left-arm spinner, who has been part of Chennai Super Kings since 2008.

Uva services comes Upul Tharanga will not, the first game, which has ruled with a broken finger. He will be replaced by Ashan Priyanjana.

Yorkshire were dealt a blow when Jonny Bairstow, the England half order batsman, was forced out due to a wrist injury. Ed Wilson, the wicketkeeper-batsman, will come into the team in place.

While Chennai Super Kings have a direct entry into the main draw, Uva Next Yorkshire and will play a qualifying round on October 9 to 11. Two teams of six qualifiers reach the main draw of the CLT20 which starts on October 13.

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...