Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Deepak Chahar believes that he enjoys bowling in the death overs, as he got many variations–and added he enjoys the responsibility of being the leading pacer for the four-time champions in IPL 2023.
CSK returned to the Chepauk after three long years under the leadership of MS Dhoni. Speaking to the media, on being the leading pacer of Chennai Super Kings, Deepak Chahar said: “I’ve always liked it, When I made my Ranji trophy debut in 2010, after the first game, I became the leader of the pace pack. I like when responsibilities are given to me. I take it as a challenge and being the leader means I’m more experienced than others.”
Deepak Chahar advised the youngster Tushar Deshpande and Rajvardhan Hangargekar about the Chennai conditions during the match time, as they will be playing for the first time in CSK colours at MA Chidambaram Stadium. He added it is mentally very tough to come back from the injury.
Deepak Chahar went wicketless for Chennai Super Kings in both encounters against Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants but bowled brilliantly to concede only 29 runs from 4 overs against Gujarat. He went for 55 runs in the 4 overs against Lucknow with Kyle Mayers taking him to the cleaners.
I Take It As A Challenge And Practice A Lot – Deepak Chahar On His Death Bowling
The 30-year-old Deepak Chahar, who usually bowls in the powerplay for the Chennai Super Kings believes that he has done well in the slog overs for the Chennai Super Kings–and feels the bowlers will have the luxury of having 5 fielders for final overs.
“I’ve done well for CSK whenever I’ve bowled in the 18th, 19th, and 20th over. Before this, my economy was under 8 when I bowled at death. In powerplay, your bowl with a new ball and have only 2 fielders outside whereas in the slog overs, your bowl with an old ball and have five fielders outside”.
Chahar further continued, that he has many variations in his bowling–and can execute his plan according to his strength.
“I take it as a challenge and I also practice a lot. Earlier I didn’t bowl much because we had more options to bowl at the death. Since I’ve many variations — yorker, knuckleball, slow bouncer, leg-cutter, wide-yorker, off-cutter — you decide according to the batter and the pitch and execute accordingly,” Chahar added.
Earlier, Deepak Chahar said that their bowling coach Dwayne Bravo has been very helpful to the bowlers–and he could like to pick up some tips to improve his bowling, especially his death bowling.
Besides, Chahar wished to play the entire season for the franchise and wanted to win the tournament for ‘Yellow Army’.