Chennai: After losing their first three matches of the IPL (IPL 2026), the tournament’s record champions Chennai Super Kings are slowly returning to form. Kolkata Knight Riders And the Yellow Brigade have won their last two matches against Delhi Capitals. Ruturaj Gaikwad aimed for a hat-trick in Saturday’s win over Sunrisers. However, before that match, a big shock, the CSK star was knocked out of the entire IPL.

One of the major reasons behind the recent success of the Yellow Brigade has been Khaleel Ahmed’s consistent bowling, both new and old. However, CSK will not get that Khalil Amed in the whole tournament. he IPL fell out of CSK CEO Kashi Viswanathan confirmed the news to Cricbuzz.

28-year-old left-arm fast bowler KKRIn the match against , he felt a muscle strain and was seen in a lot of pain. Khalil couldn’t bowl the last ball of his spell, replaced by Gurjapaneet to finish the over. After that, there were questions about Khalil’s future. Khalil’s injury was later checked and it was found that his injury is quite serious and he will not be able to play again this season. CSK’s problems worsened as the star fast bowler got injured. The decision on who CSK will replace Khalil in the team will be taken after discussions with captain Ruturaj Gaikwad and chief coach Stephen Fleming, CEO Kashi Viswanathan said.

CSK’s luck has not been good this time with injuries. Even before the start of this season, CSK star Nathan Ellis was ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Spencer Johnson, who has been picked as his replacement, is yet to join the CSK camp. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has not played a single match of the tournament so far due to injury. As of now, there is no confirmation as to when the superstar cricketer will take the field for CSK. Although he was rumored to play against KKR, he did not feature in that match. Dewald Brevis also missed several matches early in the tournament due to injury. Khalil’s injury on him is like a poison boil on milk.