Sam Curran IPL 2021: Why is Dwayne Bravo not playing today’s IPL 2021 match vs KKR?

Dwayne Bravo not playing: Chennai Super Kings have made a solitary change to their Playing XI for their match of IPL 2021 Phase 2.

During the 38th match of the ongoing 14th season of the Indian Premier League between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan has won the toss and chose to bat.

“We are going to bat first, we don’t have any changes. Will be a different challenge as it’s a day game. There’s more pace in the wicket as compared to the last year. In this sort of heat, it might get slower later,” Morgan told Star Sports at the toss.

A special milestone for Captain Morgan in 💜💛#CSKvKKR #KKR #AmiKKR #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/0StBsy12bA

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) September 26, 2021

Coming on the back of a couple of victories, Knight Riders will take the field without any change to their Playing XI for the second time in a row.

Why is Dwayne Bravo not playing vs KKR?

Contrary to Kolkata, Chennai have made a solitary change to their Playing XI by bringing in all-rounder Sam Curran for all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. Super Kings’ highest wicket-taker in the first phase of IPL 2021, Curran had missed the first match in the UAE as he was still undergoing his mandatory quarantine period.

Not wanting to tinker with a winning combination, Chennai Super Kings opted to retain Bravo in their previous match. However, a recent niggle to Bravo has forced CSK to make this change in a bid to manage his workload.

“We have one change, [Sam] Curran comes in for [Dwayne] Bravo. He had a few niggles in the CPL [Caribbean Premier League], so we need to make sure he doesn’t develop them further. The support staff is very important. Having experienced players in the side helps. In IPL it’s about managing the combinations,” Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni told Star Sports at the toss.

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Dixit Bhargav

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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