{"id":157550,"date":"2026-04-21T08:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=157550"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:49:23","slug":"ipl-2026-spencer-johnson-joins-csk-squad-ahead-of-mi-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=157550","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026 \u2014 Spencer Johnson joins CSK squad ahead of MI clash"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Spencer Johnson, the Australian left-arm pacer who had been signed as Nathan Ellis\u2019 replacement ahead of the season, joined Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Mumbai on Tuesday ahead of its marquee clash against Mumbai Indians.<\/p>\n

Johnson may be drafted into the XI for the injured Khaleel Ahmed for Thursday night\u2019s clash.<\/p>\n

CSK has had an underwhelming start to its season with just two wins from its opening six games. Injuries have further weighed down its hopes of fighting back.<\/p>\n

In its previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Ayush Mhatre suffered a hamstring injury which ruled him out of the remaining tourament.<\/p>\n

The five-time champion is already without talisman M.S. Dhoni, who had been ruled out for two weeks even before the side\u2019s first game. However, the 43-year-old is yet to feature in the tournament despite being a regular presence at the team\u2019s practice sessions.<\/p>\n

Mumbai Indians received a major boost before the clash with England all-rounder Will Jacks joining the team at the optional training session. While Jacks\u2019 arrival was delayed for unknown reasons, the Mumbai Indians management refrained from spelling out the details for the first three weeks of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Published on Apr 21, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Spencer Johnson, the Australian left-arm pacer who had been signed as Nathan Ellis\u2019 replacement ahead of the season, joined Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Mumbai on Tuesday ahead of its marquee clash against Mumbai Indians. Johnson may be drafted into the XI for the injured Khaleel Ahmed for Thursday night\u2019s clash. CSK has had an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":157551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Australia_Pakistan_Cricket_82049.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgnRh4-EZ8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/157551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}