Chennai Super Kings and injuries: A curse continuing since 2025

The injury woes for the Chennai Super Kings have been increasing day by day, and Jamie Overton is the newest inclusion in that list. The English tall man has played one of the finest 12 matches for the CSK, which led the yellows to bring Dian Forrester as a replacement.

This marks Chennai's eighth injury since 2025, leaving a player unavailable for the entire season. The bad-luck fiasco began with the injury to captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, which led CSK to appoint Mahendra Singh Dhoni as captain once again. After that, Chennai Gurjapneet Singh and Vansh Vedi got ruled out. However, Chennai Super Kings used the opportunity and brought in the stars who straightaway became the core of the CSK team.

This year, Chennai has tried to address all its problems and built a new look squad with a template that Chennai does not follow. But again, injuries created a gap that stopped Chennai from getting the momentum with their squad.

Here is the list of players who got injured for the Chennai Super Kings since the 2025 season

Ruturaj Gaikwad- In the 2025 season, Ruturaj Gaikwad, the captain of Chennai Super Kings, faced an elbow injury, and that led the management to bring back MS Dhoni as captain. Ayush Mhatre replaced him for the season and empowered the new-look Chennai Super Kings with beautiful batting.

Gurjapneet Singh- The left-hand fast bowler, was ruled out of the 2025 season with a groin injury, and that led Chennai to replace him with Dewald Bravis, who later became one of the important pillars of the squad.

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Vansh Vedi- The wicket-keeper batsman of Delhi faced a ligament tear on his left ankle in the 2025 season, and in place of him, CSK brought in Urvil Patel, who smashed the fastest half-century in the history of IPL in just 13 balls in the 2026 season.

MS Dhoni- The supremo of Chennai Super Kings, battled with a calf injury in the entire 2026 season and has not been able to play any match this year.

Khaleel Ahmed- The left-hand fast bowler who has remained one of the prime bowlers of the Chennai Super Kings has been ruled out with a quadriceps injury, and the Chennai Super Kings have recently added Kuldip Yadav in his place.

Nathan Ellis- The Aussie fast bowler, who was meant to be Chennai’s prime fast bowler, was ruled out of the season with a hamstring tear, and in his place, CSK has signed Spencer Johnson.

Ramakrishna Ghosh- The fast-bowling all-rounder of CSK has faced a foot fracture in his very first match of IPL, which ruled him out of the season. Chennai has signed Karnataka's firepower, Macneil Hadley Noronha.

Ayush Mhatre- The young star and U-19 World Cup-winning captain played an important role in the recent success of Chennai Super Kings and evolved as one of the crucial players for the yellow army. Ayush Mhatre has unfortunately been ruled out for the rest of the IPL 2026 season due to a severe tear in his left hamstring. The 18-year-old batter for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) sustained the injury on April 18 during a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Jamie Overton- The tall Englishman has been ruled out for the remainder of IPL 2026 due to a right thigh injury and has returned to the United Kingdom for further medical assessment. Before his untimely exit, the English all-rounder was a standout performer for the Chennai Super Kings, scoring 136 runs and taking 14 wickets in 10 matches.

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Spencer Johnson- The Aussie left-hand fast bowler has joined the Chennai squad as an injury replacement for Nathan Ellis. After recovering from a back injury sustained during the previous IPL season, Johnson officially joined the CSK squad mid-season and made his franchise debut against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).

Dewald Bravis- The South African batter missed Chennai Super Kings’ first three matches of IPL 2026 after suffering a side strain during training. However, after completing his rehabilitation and recovering fully, the South African batter returned to training and rejoined the CSK squad.

Chennai has shown a great turnaround in the season and is now placed in the fifth position, with 12 points.