IPL 2018: Deepak Chahar continues to impress Stephen Fleming

The Chennai Super Kings made a terrific comeback to the IPL this year. It never seemed as if they were out of action for two long years. CSK, who usually start off their IPL campaign on a slow note is off to a flyer this season. They stand second on the points table with 8 points. They’ve won four out of the five games played so far and look very dominating. Also, every member of the squad is contributing to the best of his ability and they are finding new match winners every game.

Although the Chennai squad looks slightly to be overaged, there is just enough exuberance of youth in there. Of the very few youngsters in the CSK squad, one member is catching everyone’s eyes with some great bowling. Deepak Chahar who was picked by CSK in the auction has been largely used to open the bowling. He generates a beautiful outswinger which is pitched in the right areas that gets the batsmen into trouble. Furthermore, CSK’s head coach, Stephen Fleming seems to be highly impressed with the youngster.

Fleming is all praise about Deepak Chahar

Stephen Fleming lauded Chahar’s ability to swing the ball at good pace. He feels that it is his biggest strength. The CSK coach spoke to the media on the eve of the match against RCB lauded the pacer. Furthermore, Chahar also worked with Fleming earlier with Rising Pune Supergiant, he termed the youngster to be a fine cricketer.

“He has been developing over the last two years. He had a very good domestic season. His skill set was something we were very impressed with since the first day. He is actually a handy batsman as well. We think he is a fine cricketer,” Fleming told reporters on the eve of the match against Royal Challengers Bangalore.

“The fact that he swings the ball is important. Lots of trends in the game, obviously wrist spinners and swinging the ball are very effective at the moment. And he does that and he does it at a good pace too. At the moment he’s around 140 kph, 143 tops. He’s gone really well. He has got to find and maintain consistency and that will come with experience,” he added.

Chahar also was the top wicket-taker in 20-over Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with 19 wickets in Rajasthan’s maiden run to the final.

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