Huge blow to Chennai Super Kings. They have not qualified for the Indian Premier League play-offs as yet with three matches to go, so this can’t be good news that a very important member of their side is heading back to his native country over injury issues.
CSK have not looked like a very convincing side this season as well, and they need to win at least two of their next three games. Two of their opponents over the next three games are very strong teams like Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Titans. So, there couldn’t have been a piece of worse news for them than Jamie Overton heading back to England to get his right thigh seen to by medical experts.
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Overton has played in 10 games for CSK this season and taken 14 wickets. Although he has been a wee bit expensive with an economy rate of 8.89, more often than not, he has picked up wickets.
In CSK’s last match against Lucknow Super Giants a few days ago, he was the man who turned it around for his side with his bowling. He took the wickets of the in-form Josh Inglis and LSG captain Rishabh Pant in one over, and those two blows kept LSG at least 20 runs short, which went on to make a difference as CSK won in the last over. With figures of 3/36, he was Player of the Match. Overton has really hit the deck hard this season and has been a major member of the side.
CSK break the bad news!
“Jamie Overton has a right thigh injury and will be returning to the UK for further assessment and management,” CSK said on Wednesday.
It’s clear that now he won’t be available for the play-offs. In fact, his season might be over if the injury is serious. On Friday, they play LSG again, in an away fixture, after which SRH and GT line up against them.
One has to say, Overton has got injured at the wrong time. It’s been a terrible season for CSK on that front. As of now, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Nathan Ellis, Ayush Mhatre and Khaleel Ahmed have set the franchise back with their injuries. And then to make matters worse, MS Dhoni is yet to play his first game in IPL 2026.