Big SETBACK For MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as Devon Conway May Miss IPL 2024

Devon Conway is set to be out for at least for eight weeks after it was confirmed that he would be undergoing a surgery this week on his left thumb.

Chennai: Days ahead of the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL), there is a massive setback for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Chennai’s star cricketer Devon Conway may miss the entire season of the IPL due to an injury. He is set to be out for at least for eight weeks after it was confirmed that he would be undergoing a surgery this week on his left thumb. The swashbuckling left-hander picked up the injury during the recently held T20I series against Australia and as a result, wasn’t available to play the opening Test as well. After medical consultation, the decision was made to operate.

The Kiwi side has replaced Conway with Ben Sears.

“Ben’s a young bowler with a quality skill set,” head coach Gary Stead said. “He bowls with genuine pace and gets good bounce which is always a great asset in red ball cricket. We’ve been really impressed by his performances for the BLACKCAPS in white ball cricket this summer and believe he can make the step up to the Test arena if called upon.”

CSK IPL 2024 SQUAD
MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Rachin Ravindra, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao Aravelly.

It would now be interesting to see when can Conway finally make it back. Will he actually be seen playing in the IPL this season?