IPL 2023: CSK batting coach Mike Hussey's BIG TAKE on Ben Stokes' participation as all-rounder
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With just days to go for the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 16, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting coach Mike Hussey has commented on Ben Stokes' role in the team.
With just days to go for the start of the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 16, Chennai Super Kings batting coach Michael Hussey has commented on Ben Stokes role in the team. Stokes, a big money purchase for CSK for Rs 16.25 crore arrived at the CSK camp last week and will look to help the team rise from ashes after a disappointing 2022 season.
Stokes is likely to play as a specialist batter at the start of the 2023 IPL and has had a cortisone injection in order to manage an injury to his left knee, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Stokes to play as batter
"My understanding is he's ready to go as a batsman from the start," Mike Hussey, Super Kings' batting coach, told ESPNcricinfo and PA news.
"The bowling might be wait and see. I know he had his first very light bowl yesterday [Sunday] since he had his injections in his knee.
"The physios from Chennai and the ECB are working pretty closely together. My understanding is he won't be bowling much at all in the first few games of the tournament it might be a few weeks. I'm not 100% sure, [but we will] hopefully get him bowling at some stage in the tournament."
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 11:58 am