CSK: IPL 2026 is going to start from March 28. Before that, Chennai Super Kings has suffered a big setback. Today i.e. on March 20, 2026, 3 players of the team have been eliminated in a single day. CSK’s leading fast bowler Nathan Ellis is completely out of IPL 2026, while his compatriot batsman Matthew Short will also be completely out of the initial phase of IPL 2026. With this, at the end of the day the team has suffered another big blow.

Today was a very sad day for the fans of Chennai Super Kings, they got the news of three players one after the other being out of the tournament before the start of IPL 2026. After Nathan Ellis and Matthew Short, now according to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, South Africa’s Devold Brewis has also been ruled out of the first few matches.

Chennai Super Kings got a big blow

CSK’s middle order batsman and South Africa’s young right-handed batsman Dewald Brevis will not be able to play in the beginning of IPL 2026 due to personal reasons. Now nothing has been made clear yet about how many matches he is going to miss. Brewis’s exit from the team can give a big blow to the IPL campaign of Chennai Super Kings.

CSK weakened due to the departure of Ellis and Short

Australian fast bowler and death overs specialist Nathan Ellis has been ruled out of the entire IPL 2026. His exit from the tournament has been announced by Chennai Super Kings itself. CSK announced his exit by posting on Twitter. CSK has not yet announced his replacement.

At the same time, the Australian Cricket Board has been forbidden to send its players for the initial phase of IPL 2026. Australia is going to keep its players out of the initial phase of IPL 2026 due to workload management. In such a situation, many Australian players are going to be out of the initial phase of IPL.

However, Matthew Short is out of the initial phase of IPL 2026 due to injury. He suffered a thumb injury, from which he has still not fully recovered. In such a situation, now he will not be seen playing for Chennai Super Kings even without shorts.

The team of Chennai Super Kings has become weak due to the exit of three players in a single day. Now which players’ names will come forward as replacements for these players? This will be something to see.

Full squad of Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni (wk), Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Sanju Samson (wk), Gurjapaneet Singh, Ramkrishna Ghosh, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Mukesh Chaudhary, Shivam Dubey, Ayush Mhatre, Shreyas Gopal, Dewald Brewis, Noor Ahmed, Urvil Patel (wk), Khalil Ahmed, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Karthik Sharma, Aman Khan, Jack Faulks, Sarfaraz Khan, Rahul Chahar and Matt Henry, Nathan Ellis (out of entire IPL), Matthew Short (out of first phase of IPL).

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