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Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are worried over the continued delay in the arrival of England all-rounder Moeen Ali, who still hasn't joined the four-time champions, for the upcoming season. The 34-year old Ali, who was retained by CSK for Rs 8 crore, has been awaiting clearance of his travel documents by the Indian High Commission in the UK. "He had applied for his visa on February 28.
England fast bowler Mark Wood was bought for £734,000 by new franchise Lucknow Super Giants on day one of the Indian Premier League auction.
The IPL 2022 mega auction is set to be held this weekend and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be keen to put together a formidable unit. The four-time IPL winners retained Ravindra Jadeja, skipper MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Moeen Ali ahead of the mega auction. Jadeja, who had joined CSK in 2012, recalled his feeling at joining the franchise at the time ahead of the mega auction. "First of all, I was very happy that I got picked by CSK because we all know that CSK have been a very consistent franchise. They have been doing well, they have been playing the final almost every year. So I was very happy to join CSK and I was also excited to play under Mahi bhai. Even though I was with Mahi bhai in Indian cricket team, still I was happy to be a part of CSK," he said in a video shared by CSK on Twitter on Friday.
The IPL 2022 mega auction is just days away and the all the IPL teams will be making their strategy in order to land the best players in their team. Chennai Super Kings, the reigning champions, have a tough job on hand of not just preparing a team for the future but also getting some of their key members back, who form the core of the team. CSK retained 4 players ahead of the IPL auction, including talismanic skipper MS Dhoni, all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali and talented opening batter Ruturaj Gaikwad. They have a remaining purse of Rs 48 crore and will have to be extremely careful in the way they spend their money.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali said former head coach Chris Silverwood is a "brilliant" person, who looked after the players. England Cricket Board (ECB) on Thursday informed that men's coach Chris Silverwood has been relieved from his duties, after the Three Lions' debacle in Ashes. Moeen Ali said it's a shame that Silverwood is not with the England team now.
Middlesex have become the first County Championship side to sign the Muslim Athlete Charter in a move they say will help the county "strengthen its voice and zero tolerance policy towards any form of discrimination".
England's Moeen Ali led from the front on tour in the West Indies, and his form with ball and bat is reflected in the latest ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings. Moeen shined despite the tourists losing the five-match series 3-2 in Barbados. Moeen made 108 runs at a strike rate of 146 throughout the middle to late-over stretches in England's batting innings, also taking five wickets across 13 overs, at an economy of 7.15.
Moeen Ali admitted England must improve on the type of sluggish pitches that have confronted them in their Twenty20 tour of the Caribbean after the West Indies claimed a 3-2 series win.