CSK IPL 2021 players list: Sam Curran and Moeen Ali reach Mumbai to join Chennai Super Kings

Sam Curran and Moeen Ali: The English pair has reached Mumbai to join their IPL franchise for the upcoming 14th season.

England all-rounders in Sam Curran and Moeen Ali have reached Mumbai to join Chennai Super Kings for the 14th season of the Indian Premier League.

In Pune until yesterday for the recently concluded ODI series between India and England, the English pair had a comparatively small distance to cover before reaching Chennai’s bio-secure bubble. Entering from one bubble to another, Curran and Ali won’t have to undergo a seven-day quarantine period before resuming practice with CSK teammates.

Sam Curran and Moeen Ali reach Mumbai to join Chennai Super Kings

The development was made public by Super Kings via a photograph which was uploaded across their social media platforms.

Mo is een with his on-the-field kin, namma #KadaikuttySingam! #WhistlePodu #Yellove 💛🦁 pic.twitter.com/akpVEBrihq

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 29, 2021

Curran, 22, had joined Super Kings last year in the UAE after spending a year at Kings XI Punjab (now Punjab Kings). Playing under former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Curran proved his mettle across departments. Having scored a career-best 95* (83) although in a losing cause only last night, Curran announced his readiness for the biggest T20 league.

Ali, on the other hand, was bought by Chennai for a handsome price of INR 7 crore in the IPL auction last month. Having spent three years under Virat Kohli at Royal Challengers Bangalore, Ali is highly likely to play a significant role at Super Kings for Dhoni usually likes the kind of utility player that he is.

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CSK, who splurged a total of INR 82.45 crore to complete their 25-player quota for this season, also bought the likes of Krishnappa Gowtham (9.25 crore), Cheteshwar Pujara (50 lakh), K Bhagath Varma (20 lakh), C Hari Nishaanth (20 lakh) and M Harisankar Reddy (20 lakh) in addition to Ali.

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Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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