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Chennai's star bowler set to miss the entire Indian T20 League 2022

Chennai spent a lot of money to acquire the services of Deepak Chahar. His injury meant that they had to start the tournament without him

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Chennai's miseries in the Indian T20 league 2022 just don't seem to end. They lost their first four games of this edition, and are already in a lot of trouble. It seems highly unlikely that they can go to retain their title.

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The defending champions spent a lot of money to acquire the services of Deepak Chahar. However, his injury meant that they had to start their campaign for the 2022 edition without him. While the Chennai fans were expecting him to recover as soon as possible, the recent update isn't really promising. The pacer might have to skip the entire 2022 edition.

According to a report by Sports Tiger, Chahar has suffered a back injury while recovering at the National Cricket Academy (NCA). Earlier in the year, he had suffered a quadricep tear while playing a limited-overs series against the West Indies. As far as his latest injury is concerned, then it has put a huge question mark over his participation in the remaining games of the 2022 edition.

This report further states that the Chennai management isn't aware of the bowling all-rounder's latest injury. They stated that they are working really hard in order to get gone back in shape. However, they did say that he is currently unavailable to play.

“We are not aware of this back injury. He has been working very hard to get back to shape and play again for us. But for now, he remains unavailable," said Chennai's management. It is to be noted that they bought him back for a whopping amount of INR 14 crore. He was their most expensive pick.

In the meanwhile, the yellow army have a new leader this time around, and it's Ravindra Jadeja. MS Dhoni had stepped down as Chennai's skipper barely a few days before the commencement of the tournament opener. However, the all-rounder hasn't been able to recreate Dhoni's magic as Chennai's captain.

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