Big blow to Chennai after Mustafizur Rahman, deadly bowler out due to injury

• Match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings
  
• Match at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
  
• Pat Cummins won the toss and decided to bat first
  

Sunrisers Hyderabad will face Chennai Super Kings today in the 18th match of IPL 2024. In this match being played in Hyderabad, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins won the toss and chose to bowl first. Some changes have been made in the playing eleven of Chennai Super Kings. Fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana is not playing. During the toss, CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad said that Pathirana is injured. On the other hand, Mustafizur Rahman has also returned to Bangladesh due to visa. In such a situation, he may miss the next few matches.

CSK's main bowler injured

Chennai Super Kings is without two of its key bowlers today. Ruturaj said that Pathira has been rested from today's match due to a back injury. There is no update on the severity of Pathirana's injury. Chennai will miss Pathirana in this match. He is the main weapon of the team in the death overs. Ruturaj hinted during the toss that fast bowler Mukesh Chaudhary could be included as an impact player. Apart from this, Shardul Thakur is also in the list of influential players.

Mustafizur Rahman

CSK's lethal bowler Mustafizur Rahman has returned to Bangladesh. If reports are to be believed, he has returned to Bangladesh for some visa related work in view of the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, he may miss more than one match. He has taken a total of 7 wickets in 3 matches. Rahman's absence and Pathirana's injury have increased the tension of CSK. Pathirana took 4 wickets in 2 matches played this season. Talking about the performance of the Sri Lankan bowler in IPL, he has taken 25 hits in the 16 matches played so far. During this period his average was 19.32 and economy was 7.90. 3/15 is his best bowling performance in the league.