Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have included Australian pace sensation Jason Behrendorff in their squad as a replacement for Josh Hazlewood for the upcoming f♑ourteenth season of the Indian♛ Premier League (IPL).
Hazlewood had pulled out of IPL 2021 earlier this month, stating he wanted to take a brꩲeak from a strict bio-bubble schedule to get mentally and physically ready for the international season ahead.
“It’s been a long 10 months in bubbles and quarantine at different times, so I decided to have a rest from cricket and spend some time at home and in Australia in the next two months. We’ve got a big winter ahead too. The West Indies is going to be a long tour, with Bangladesh (T20 tour) potentially thrown on the end of that,” Hazlewood had said as quoted by cricket.com.au.
Apart from Hazlewood, Josh Phillipe and Mitchell Marsh had also o🌠pted themselves out of IPL♓ 2021, citing personal reasons.
The much-awaited IPL 14 begins on Friday (April 9), with defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) facing the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Speaking about Behrendorff, he made his IPL debut for MI in the 2019 season. The left-arm pacer played five matches and claimed five wickets, with 2/22 being his best. The New South Wales bowler has appeared in 11 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 7 T20 Internationals (T20I) for Australia, picking up 16 and 7 wickets, respectively.
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The MS Dhoni-led Super Kings will start their campaign in IPL 2021 with a match against Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 10 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
