{"id":45219,"date":"2026-03-19T21:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=45219"},"modified":"2026-03-19T21:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:00:53","slug":"ipl-2026-update-big-blow-for-csk-as-nathan-ellis-ruled-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/ipl-2026-update-big-blow-for-csk-as-nathan-ellis-ruled-out\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 Update- Big blow for CSK as Nathan Ellis ruled out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With just days remaining for IPL 2026, another major player ruled out of IPL 2026 this time CSK have been dealt a major blow, as Australian pacer Nathan Ellis has been ruled out of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CSK now face an early challenge at the start of the season. The right-arm pacer has been a key figure in T20 cricket for Australia, known for his ability to bowl effectively with variations and handle high-pressure situations. His slower deliveries, in particular, make him difficult for b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">atters face difficulty to face him especially in death overs, Nathan Ellis has proven his value as a reliable T20 specialist. He joined CSK last year and also played IPL for Punjab Kings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the IPL, he has featured in 17 matches, picking up 19 wickets, with best figures of 4\/30. He maintains a bowling average of 28.74, a strike rate of 19.89, and an economy rate of 8.67, including one four-wicket haul. Ellis also impressed in the T20 World Cup 2026, claiming eight wickets in four matches, with a best of 4\/12. His absence will be a major setback, forcing the team to rethink their bowling combinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Probable XI:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ayush Mhatre, Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sanju Samson, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Kartik Sharma (wk), Prashant Veer, MS Dhoni, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Matt Henry\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Impact Player:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Akel Hussain \/ Rahul Chahar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They have to look for someone who is as good as Ellis in death majorly ,CSK CEO has confirmed that the team is looking for a replacement for Nathan Ellis in IPL 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CSK squad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 MS Dhoni (wk), Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Sanju Samson (traded in from RR), Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Urvil Patel, Noor Ahmad, Shreyas Gopal, Khaleel Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Jamie Overton, Gurjapneet Singh, Anshul Kamboj, Akeal Hosein, Prashant Veer, Kartik Sharma (wk), Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Matt Henry, Rahul Chahar, Zak Foulkes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just days remaining for IPL 2026, another major player ruled out of IPL 2026 this time CSK have been\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":45221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3797,3801,2409],"class_list":["post-45219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-csk","tag-ipl","tag-nathan-ellis"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/473"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45219"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45234,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45219\/revisions\/45234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}