Chennai Super Kings have retained Suresh Raina for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League. The 34-year-old southpaw has been a true servant of the CSK franchise since the inception of the league. However, Raina withdrew his name from the CSK’s squad in Dream11 IPL 2020. Nevertheless, Raina is all set to make his comeback for CSK as he has been reserved by the Chennai-based side for the upcoming season.
On the other hand, there are reports which suggest Chennai have released players including Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla, and Murli Vijay. The reports further add that overseas players like Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo have been retained by CSK management. Indian ace Harbhajan Singh has cut his ties with the team and Shane Watson has retired from all formats of cricket.
A CSK spokesperson, while talking to ANI, informed that the franchise will consider the faith of Kedar and Chawla before submitting the final list to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at 5 pm on Wednesday.
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“Raina will definitely be a part of the CSK family. He is an integral member and there was never any doubt on him being retained,” the source said. “It was his personal call to return from UAE and the management was clear that his space needed to be respected. We expect him to fire on all cylinders this time around.
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“As for Kedar, Piyush, and Vijay, we will have to see. It is a touch and goes situation and a final call will be taken by the senior management before the final list is submitted to the BCCI today,” the source said. “Harbhajan Has BEEN Released as you are aware and Watson has retired. Apart from that, don’t see any big name missing out. (Dwayne) Bravo and (Faf) du Plessis will be with us,” the source said.
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