Before the start of the thirteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are left to cover a couple of massive holes. Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh have pulled out IPL 2020, citing personal reasons.

Now, Aakash Chopra, former Indian cricketer, has named the six possible replacements for the veteran off-spinner.?? Out of them, three turned ou??t to be overseas players, while the rest of them are domestic cricketers.

CSK have already exhausted their quota of eight overseas players. The N Srinivasan-owned franchise can only look at the services of a foreign cricketer, in case one of the current overseas members in CSK is injured or pulls out, during the tournament.

“I am starting with Roston Chase, the West Indian. He is not an ideal T20 player but currently he is playing well. He is performing really well in the CPL. He did well in England as well, scored runs and took wickets as well. He can also bat and MS Dhoni likes players who do two things,” Chopra said on YouTube channel.

“The second option is Nathan Lyon. He is also not an ideal T20 bowler else he would have been playing in the Australian team regularly. But he is an international bowler of repute and I feel he will be a bigger force if he plays under MS Dhoni. He doesn’t bat much but they can do without it.” he added.

“At No.3, I have Mehidy Hasan Miraz. He is a Bangladesh player, short in height but is an amazing player. He bats well and bowls well and with control. I think he can fit the bill for CSK,” the cricketer-turned-commentator continued. Mehidy Hasan has been part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) earlier.

Chopra names the Indian prospects

Coming to the local prospects, Chopra first-named Jalaj Saxena. The off-spinner from Madhya Pradesh also received backing from Deep Dasgupta as a replacement for Bhajji.

“My first Indian pick is Jalaj Saxena. He has been performing well for a long time and has played in the IPL before. If you see his first-class performance, you will feel why he doesn’t play for India. He is not part of any team this year, so one man’s loss could be another man’s opportunity.”

“My second Indian option is Akshay Wakhare. He bowls off-spin and with good control. Even Harbhajan Singh has praised him a lot, mentioning that there is no reason that he should not be playing a higher grade of cricket because he is consistent, accurate and will give a lot of first-class experience.”

“Last but not the least, I am going with KC Cariappa. He has been picked in the IPL earlier and his name does the round as a mystery spinner. He is a little inaccurate which might go against him but picking an Indian is advantageous,” Chopra concluded.

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India’s Virat Kohli has been named as the ‘Captain of the Year’ while England’s Ben Stokes won the ‘Test Batting Performance of the Year’ at the 10th annual ESPNcricinfo Awards.

Winners were selected by an independent jury including former cricket greats, ESPNcricinfo’s senior editors, writers and global correspondents, comprising Ian Chappell, Mahela Jayawardene, Isa Guha, Sambit Bal, Mark Butcher, Ramiz Raja, Courtney Walsh and Simon Taufel.

Here is the complete list of nominees and the winners:

Debutant of the year 
Nominees: Haseeb Hameed (England), Keaton Jennings (England), Karun Nair (India), Jayant Yadav (India), Mehedi Hasan (Bangladesh), Stephen Cook (South Africa), Jasprit Bumrah (India), Evin Lewis (West Indies), Jeet Raval (New Zealand), Peter Handscomb (Australia)
Winner: Mehedi Hasan (Bangladesh)

Best Test batting performance 
Nominees: Ben Stokes (England), Temba Bavuma (South Africa), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Misbah-Ul-Haq (Pakistan), Younis Khan (Pakistan), Kusal Mendis (Sri Lanka), Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh), JP Duminy (South Africa), Virat Kohli (India), Peter Handscomb (Australia)
Winner: Ben Stokes (England)

Best Test bowling performance 
Nominees: Stuart Broad (England), Yasir Shah (Pakistan), Rangana Herath (Sri Lanka), Dilruwan Perera (Sri Lanka), Ravi Ashwin (India), Mehedi Hasan  (Bangladesh), Kagiso Rabada (South Africa), Vernon Philander (South Africa), Tim Southee (New Zealand), Ravindra Jadeja (India)
Winner: Stuart Broad (England)

Best T20I batting performance 
Nominees: Virat Kohli (India), Sabbir Rahman (Bangladesh), Mahmudullah (Bangladesh), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Joe Root (England), Landl Simmons (West Indies), Marlon Samuels (West Indies), Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies), Glenn Maxwell (Australia)
Winner: Carlos Brathwaite (West Indies)

Best T20I bowling performance 
Nominees: Kasun Rajitha (Sri Lanka), Mohammad Amir (Pakistan), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand), Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand), Ravi Ashwin (India), James Faulkner (Australia), Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh), Chris Jordan (England), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Imad Wasim (Pakistan)
Winner: Mustafizur Rahman (Bangladesh)

Best ODI batting performance 
Nominees: Steve Smith (Australia), Chris Morris (South Africa), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Chris Woakes (England), Jason Roy (England), Alex Hales (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), David Miller (South Africa), Virat Kohli (India), David Warner (Australia)
Winner: Quinton de Kock (South Africa)

Best ODI bowling performance 
Nominees: Kane Richardson (Australia), Sunil Narine (West Indies), Imran Tahir (South Africa), Mitchell Marsh (Australia), James Faulkner (Australia), Amila Aponso (Sri Lanka), John Hastings (Australia), Jake Ball (England), Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh), Amit Mishra (India)
Winner: Sunil Narine (West Indies)

Captain of the year
Nominees: Misbal-Ul-Haq (Pakistan), Eoin Morgan (England), Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Virat Kohli (India), Kane Williamson (New Zealand)
Winner: Virat Kohli (India)

Women’s batting performance of the year
Hayley Matthews (West Indies)

Women’s bowling performance of the year
Leigh Kasperek (New Zealand)

Associate batting performance of the year
Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan)

Associate bowling performance of the year
Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan)

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A vid??eo posted by Indian Cricket Team (@?indiancricteam) on Feb 11, 2017 at 10:23pm PST

On Day 4 of the on-off Test match played between India and Bangladesh at Hyderabad, Indian swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar bowled an absolute ripper to dismiss the Bangladeshi batsman Mehedi Hasan.

The 19 year old was left absol?utely clueless as the ball crashed on to the leg stump, marking an end off his brilliant innings.

Also WATCH: Ravichandran?? Ashwin dismisses Mushf??iqur Rahim to complete his 250 Test wickets

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— KamalKumar (@Kumarkamal0028) February 9, 2017

On the first day of the Hyderabad Test played between India and Bangladesh, Indian opening batsman Murali Vijay survived in the first session after Bangladeshi bowler Mehedi Hasan missed out?? an easy chance ??to run-out the right-hander.

Both Cheteshwar Pujara and Vijay were nearly at the same end when the rapid throw from Sabbir Rahman reached the bowler. But it was a lucky chance for Vijay as the left-arm spinner was unable to collect the ball and he (Vijay) comfortablely complet?ed the run.

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