They
are
Hardik
Pandya
of
Gujarat
Titans,
Deepak
Chahar
and
Ruturaj
Gaikwad
of
Chennai
Super
Kings.
Here
is
a
lowdown
on
their
injuries,
recovery
status
and
fitness
test
date.
1.
Hardik
Pandya:
The
India
all-rounder
who
is
set
to
lead
Gujarat
Titans
in
the
IPL
2022
has
checked
in
at
the
NCA
for
a
fitness
test.
What
injury
Hardik
has:
Lower
back
injury.
What
will
be
assessed
in
fitness
Test:
It
will
be
seen
that
whether
Hardik
can
bowl
at
full
tilt.
The
all-rounder
has
not
much
issues
in
batting
as
he
had
batted
for
India
in
the
ICC
T20
World
Cup
2021
but
did
not
bowl
much.
So,
his
bowling
fitness
will
watched
keenly
and
the
test
will
take
place
in
a
couple
of
days.
“If
Gujarat
is
looking
at
a
pure
batter,
a
skipper
and
a
finisher,
Hardik,
in
all
likelihood,
is
ready
but
it
will
be
interesting
to
see
what
is
NCA’s
Sports
Science
and
Medicine
team’s
take
on
his
bowling.
Is
he
ready
to
bowl
at
135
clicks
upwards?,”
the
PTI
had
quoted
a
BCCI
source
regarding
Hardik’s
fitness.
Gujarat
Titans
squad:
Hardik
Pandya,
Rashid
Khan,
Shubman
Gill,
Mohammed
Shami,
Jason
Roy,
Lockie
Ferguson,
Abhinav
Sadarangani,
Rahul
Tewatia,
Noor
Ahmed,
Sai
Kishore,
Vijay
Shankar,
Jayant
Yadav,
Dominic
Drakes,
Darshan
Nalkande,
Yash
Dayal,
Alzarri
Joseph,
Pradeep
Sangwan,
David
Miller,
Wriddhiman
Saha,
Matthew
Wade,
Varun
Aaron,
B
Sai
Sudharshan.
2.
Deepak
Chahar:
The
all-rounder
Chahar,
who
has
been
bought
back
by
the
Chennai
Super
Kings,
is
in
danger
of
missing
the
entire
first
phase
of
the
IPL
2022.
Chahar
has
not
so
far
joined
the
CSK
camp
at
Surat.
What
injury
Chahar
has:
Hamstring.
What
will
be
assessed
in
fitness
test:
A
date
for
Chahar’s
fitness
test
has
not
been
set
so
far.
But
it
has
been
talked
about
that
Chahar
will
require
between
6
and
8
weeks
to
recover
fully
from
his
injury.
Currently,
Chahar
is
undergoing
rehabilitation
programme
at
the
NCA
and
is
expected
to
have
a
fitness
test
around
mid-April.
3.
Ruturaj
Gaikwad:
Chennai
Super
Kings
will
also
miss
Ruturaj,
who
was
the
highest
run-getter
in
the
IPL
2021,
for
a
good
part
of
the
IPL.
The
CSK
CEO
Kasi
Viswanathan
also
said
there
is
no
definite
timeline
for
the
return
of
the
opener.
What
injury
Ruturaj
has:
Hand
injury
What
will
be
assessed
in
fitness
test:
Like
Chahar,
a
date
for
the
fitness
test
of
Ruturaj
has
not
been
set.
The
CSK
opener
is
currently
at
the
NCA
recuperating
from
the
injury.
There
could
be
a
fitness
Test
for
Ruturaj
around
March
17
or
18
and
depending
on
that
he
could
join
the
on-going
CSK
camp
at
Surat
ahead
of
IPL
2022.
Chennai
Super
Kings
squad:
Ravindra
Jadeja,
MS
Dhoni,
Moeen
Ali,
Ruturaj
Gaikwad,
Dwayne
Bravo,
Ambati
Rayudu,
Robin
Uthappa,
Deepak
Chahar,
KM
Asif,
Tushar
Deshpande,
KM
Asif,
Shivam
Dube,
Maheesh
Theekshana,
Rajvardhan
Hangargekar,
Samarjeet
Singh,
Devon
Conway,
Dwaine
Pretorius,
Mitchell
Santner,
Subhranshu
Senapati,
Adam
Milne,
Mukesh
Choudhary,
Prashant
Solanki,
C
Hari
Nishaanth,
N
Jagadeesan,
Chris
Jordan,
K
Bhagath
Varma.
