IPL 2022: CSK call up Odisha’s Subhranshu Senapati for selection trials

Chennai Super Kings (CSK), the four-time champions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), have called up Odisha batter Subhranshu Senapati for selection trials ahead of the upcoming edition. The 24-year-old has been in stupendous form of late, having scored 275 runs from seven games in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy. The right-hander is Odisha’s leading run-scorer in the tournament.

On December 8, he scored a sparkling century against Andhra at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai. On the back of his knock, Odisha racked up a score of 278 for five on the board after which they won the game by 63 runs. Senapati also scored half-centuries against Vidarbha and Himachal Pradesh. Odisha are currently placed fourth in Elite Group A with three wins from five games.

Subhranshu Senapati performing well

Senapati also had a reasonable outing for Odisha in the previous edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy. The youngster scored 138 runs from five matches at an average of 27.60 and a strike rate of 116.94 with one half-century to show for his efforts. In 26 T20 matches since his debut in 2017, Senapati has racked up 637 runs at an average of 28.95 with three half-centuries to his name.

As far as CSK are concerned, they retained four players ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction. They shelled out the highest amount on all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who was retained for INR 16 crores. The Yellow Army retained their enigmatic skipper MS Dhoni for INR 12 crores. England all-rounder Moeen Ali and Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad were retained for INR 8 crores each.

The Super Kings are also the defending champions, having beaten the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the final two months ago at the Dubai International Stadium. Back in 2020, CSK failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in IPL history, but managed to stage a stupendous comeback.

They finished second in the points table, having won nine out of 14 matches with a net run rate of 0.455. Thereafter, they defeated Delhi Capitals in the Qualifier 1 where Dhoni gave glimpses of his stupendous self. Then they brushed aside Eoin Morgan’s KKR without much fuss.