CSK sign Dominic Drakes: Chennai Super Kings have signed Barbadian seamer Dominic Drakes to replace the remainder of the 2021 IPL. Drakes replaces Sam Curran, who was excluded with a low back injury.
Drakes was already in the IPL bubble after traveling to the United Arab Emirates. As a net pitcher for one of the franchises.
The 23-year-old left-arm seamstress, son of former West Indies cricketer Vasbert, was one of the stars of the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots team.
Which recently won the Caribbean Premier League title in 2021. He finished with 16 wickets in the fourth highest tournament in the league.
Drakes, who was a net pitcher with the Mumbai Indians in the United Arab Emirates. Will join the Super Kings who qualified for the playoffs. Before their final league game against the Punjab Kings on October 7.
As already reported, CSK had been looking for a substitute player for the remaining matches. And BCCI had agreed to the request in principle.
Under the rules, a franchise can look for a replacement before its final game. And Chennai will sign the league phase with a game against the Punjab Kings on Thursday (October 7) afternoon.
He made his most decisive contribution to this tournament. With the bat when he was 48 * out of 24 in the final.
Meanwhile, Curran only played two games for the Super Kings in the UAE round. He had a poor season on the ball, dropping 56 runs and 55 runs in games against the Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, as well as having no wickets. Overall, he chose nine wickets in nine games that season and scored 56 runs in four innings.
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