By Ravi - May 06, 2025 04:49 PM
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have suffered a major blow in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 as their young wicketkeeper-batsman Vansh Bedi has been ruled out of the entire tournament due to a ligament tear in his left ankle. CSK have replaced him with Gujarat's explosive wicketkeeper-batsman Urvil Patel at a base price of Rs 30 lakh.
Chennai had called Urvil and Ayush Mhatre for trials in the middle of the season. Mhatre was also included in the team in place of captain Rituraj Gaikwad, but Urvil has got a place now. Urvil has previously been a part of the IPL team Gujarat Titans in 2023 as well. However, he did not get a chance to play a single match then.
Vansh Bedi, who was bought by CSK for Rs 55 lakh, was supposed to make his debut in the last match against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), but he got injured at the last moment and was replaced by Deepak Hooda. CSK, which is already out of the playoff race with just 2 wins in 11 matches, can now give a chance to young players like Urvil in their remaining three matches.
Urvil scored 315 runs in 6 innings of the last Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at a strike rate of 230 and an average of 78.75. Urvil's team Gujarat could not make it to the knockout stage, but he hit the most 29 sixes in 6 matches. Urvil remained unsold in the IPL mega auction, the very next day of the auction he scored a century in 28 balls against Tripura in Indore. This was the least number of balls scored by an Indian player in T20. Then he scored a century in 36 balls in the tournament. Urvil has so far scored 1162 runs in 47 T20 matches at a strike rate of more than 170.
Chennai is out of the 18th season of IPL. Hyderabad is also almost out of the tournament. For this reason, both the teams are preparing a new team in view of the preparation for the next season. Both the teams included replacement players in the squad. CSK has made 3 players a part of the team as a replacement, out of which Mhatre and Dewald Brevis have also got a chance to play the match. Chennai still has 3 matches left, so it is possible that Urvil also gets a chance.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have signed all-rounder Harsh Dubey for Rs 30 lakh to replace injured Smaran Ravichandran for IPL 2025. 22-year-old Harsh Dubey is a left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder who set the record for most wickets in a season for Vidarbha in the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy with 69 wickets and scored 476 runs, for which he was named the best player of the tournament. He has 127 wickets and 941 runs in 16 T20, 20 List-A and 18 first-class matches.
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