Chennai Tremendous Kings identify Dominic Drakes as Sam Curran’s alternative

The West Indian allrounder was once a part of St Kitts & Nevis Patriots’ a hit marketing campaign this CPL season

Chennai Tremendous Kings have named West Indian allrounder Dominic Drakes as injured Sam Curran‘s alternative for the rest of the IPL. Curran was once dominated out of the continued IPL and the impending males’s T20 Global Cup on Tuesday with a lower-back damage.

Drakes, who was once with Mumbai Indians as a web bowler within the UAE, will sign up for Tremendous Kings – who’ve certified for the playoffs – forward in their ultimate league fit, towards Punjab Kings on October 7. The 23-year previous, who was once a part of St Kitts & Nevis Patriots led by means of Dwayne Bravo within the CPL, performed a the most important function of their a hit marketing campaign this season.

The left-arm fast picked 16 wickets in 11 suits, however his maximum vital contribution of the season got here with the bat – he hit an unbeaten 48 off 24 within the ultimate towards St Lucia Kings and was once named the Participant of the Fit. In 19 T20s thus far, he has picked 20 wickets and has scored 153 runs at a strike charge of 159.37.

Curran, in the meantime, performed most effective two suits for Tremendous Kings within the UAE leg. He had a deficient season with the ball, leaking 56 runs and 55 runs within the suits towards Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals respectively along with last wicketless. General this season, he picked 9 wickets in 9 video games and scored 56 runs in 4 innings.