Chennai Super Kings and New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee is out of 2011 Champions League T20 tournament. He failed to recover in time from cartilage damage to the left knee. Tim Southee recently won the ICC award for best T20 performance. Chennai Super Kings laid high hopes on the pace combination of Doug Bollinger and Tim Southee. Loss of Southee to injury will have significant impact on the fortunes of Chennai Super Kings.  Chennai Super Kings may urgently need to replace Tim Southee with a genuine pace bowler as they already have quality spinners like R. Ashwin, Suraj Randiv and Shadab Jakati. Chennai may replace Tim Southee with Sudeep Tyagi/Kulasekhara/Ben Hilfenhaus. Tim Southee is now in wonderful form. He was the third highest wicket-taker in 2011 Cricket World Cup and also performed well in England domestic T20 tournament. CSK laid high hopes on this Kiwis fast bowler even though he failed to live up to expectations in 2011 IPL. Tim Southee took 74 wickets in 59 T20 games at an average of 23. Chennai Super Kings will take on Mumbai Indians at M.A. Chidambaram stadium on September 24.  … [Read more...]