The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be hosting the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Friday night. CSK is currently standing at third place on the league table and will aim to further solidify their spot; a win could take them level on points with the top-2 sides – Rajasthan Royals and Lucknow Super Giants – both at 8 points. Despite facing a number of injury setbacks early into the season, MS Dhoni and his men have produced impressive outings in the season so far.
CSK’s premier fast bowler Deepak Chahar faced an injury during its game against Mumbai Indians (MI), and has since been on the sidelines. Ben Stokes, also, has missed multiple games for the side owing to injury concerns while Moeen Ali was also forced to sit out the game against MI due to ill health. While there is no immediate update on the fitness of Deepak Chahar, it is expected that the India bowler will continue to remain unavailable for the game against Sunrisers later on Friday.
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However, former Indian leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan posted a rather bizarre tweet in reply to Subramanian Badrinath, the former CSK batter, when the latter asked to predict CSK’s highest run-getter against SRH. Sivaramakrishnan named Deepak Chahar, leaving fans on Twitter scratching their heads.
Deepak chahar
— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) April 21, 2023
It is quite likely Laxman Sivaramakrishnan meant it in a humorous way, but the fans, regardless, expressed their surprise at the tweet.
account is hacked https://t.co/RqIlRxbytw
— Come on Ash (@ComeonAsh2) April 21, 2023
Bro thinks he's funny
— Roshan Akthar 🇮🇳🇵🇹 (@RoshanAk262002) April 21, 2023
Hacked?
— HP (@Iam_Harisanth) April 21, 2023
What happened to him 😭😭 https://t.co/rLoDvl0e7M
— Niji🏏 (@Niji_S7) April 21, 2023
On Thursday, Deepak Chahar posted a video on his official Instagram account in which he was seen bowling in the nets during a CSK training session. “Once again, baby steps,” Chahar captioned the video.
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This isn’t the only bizarre remark from Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, however. After Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle praised David Warner for his impressive strike rate against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Thursday, Sivaramakrishnan took a dig at Bhogle, writing, “Salt strike rate was amazing.” Phil Salt was dismissed on 5 off 3 deliveries during the game.
Salt strike rate was amazing
— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) April 21, 2023
When a Twitter user said that it’s “better to block you” and further accused the former India star for making ‘amateurish’ remarks, Sivaramakrishnan had a rather furious response. “You please block me. Or else I will block you,” he wrote.
You please block me. Or else I will block you
— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) April 21, 2023
