A big update has come out on the injury of Punjab Kings captain Shreyas Iyer. He was injured in the match against Gujarat Titans. However, despite being hit by the ball in his hand, he continued batting. Punjab Kings assistant coach Brad Haddin has given an update on whether he will be able to play in the match against Chennai Super Kings or not.

Will Shreyas Iyer be out?

Punjab Kings’ assistant coach Brad Haddin gave the latest update and said that Shreyas Iyer has not suffered a fracture, but his hand is swollen. Haddin told that the team management is hopeful that Iyer will play the match against Chennai Super Kings on Friday.

If Shreyas Iyer is unable to play in the match against Chennai Super Kings, then it will also be a big question as to who will captain the team. Marcus Stoinis, who captains Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, can be an option for captaincy or Arshdeep Singh can also get the captaincy.

Shreyas’ record against CSK

Shreyas Iyer’s overall figures against Chennai Super Kings are not very good. He has scored 371 runs against Chennai in 15 IPL innings at an average of 28.5 and his strike rate is only 115.94. Talking about his entire IPL career, Shreyas Iyer has so far scored 3,749 runs in 134 matches at an average of 34.08.

On the other hand, if we look at the head to head statistics of Chennai Super Kings and Punjab Kings, both have clashed 32 times, out of which Punjab has managed to win 16 times. This is also a shocking figure that in the last 8 matches, CSK team has been able to defeat Punjab only once.

Also read:

India will get the second largest cricket stadium, 1 lakh people will be able to watch live matches simultaneously