No http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JA-Morkel-c1613 for CSK in Thursday’s IPL match against Warriors – Cricket News Update
The defending Champions, Chennai Super Kings will be without services of South African import, Albie Morkel, who has returned home to attend the funeral of former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Louis-Phillippus-Vorster-c73195, confirmed the CSK
coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Paul-Fleming-c91190 during the pre-match press conference on Wednesday.
Vorster, a close friend of South African middle-order batsman Albie Morkel, was shot dead at the age of 45 during an armed robbery in Gauteng on Tuesday. Confirming Morkel’s absence, Fleming was not sure how long they would have to
play without the South African import however, he did say that they were looking forward to get him back as soon as possible.
"Albie Morkel has travelled back to South Africa after hearing of the death of a very close friend at Johannesburg overnight," the Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming said on the eve of a crucial match against Pune Warriors http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
"He will take further part in the IPL, but we are not sure when that is…obviously (we) look forward to getting him back as soon as we can," the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 skipper added further.
With only two wins in five matches so far, Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Super Kings are all set to take on Ganguly’s Pune Warriors India in their return leg of the ongoing fifth instalment of the Indian Premier League at MA Chidambaram
Stadium on Thursday, April 19, 2012.
Ahead of their match against Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820, the defending champions
could have selection issues. The major cause for concern for the CSK selectors and team management will be poor form of opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/M-Vijay-c1867, who has collected just 31 runs in five outings.
Fleming said that Vijay’s poor form is a challenge for him and hoped to see him back to normal soon.
The CSK skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028, was also seen battling hamstring issues in the previous match, but Fleming said that the skipper has been given adequate treatment and should be available for the Warriors match on Thursday night.
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