Sisanda Magala Proteas

Proteas fast-bowling duo Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala face a race against time to prove their fitness ahead of the Cricket World Cup. Photo: Deryck Foster/BackpagePix

Proteas seamer Sisanda Magala joins Chennai Super Kings in IPL

Proteas seamer Sisanda Magala will join the Chennai Super Kings in this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) starting later this month.

Sisanda Magala Proteas

Proteas fast-bowling duo Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala face a race against time to prove their fitness ahead of the Cricket World Cup. Photo: Deryck Foster/BackpagePix

Proteas seamer Sisanda Magala will join the Chennai Super Kings in this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) starting later this month.

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The 32-year-old comes in as a late replacement for New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson who was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to a recurrence of a lower-back stress fracture.

Sisanda Magala on IPL debut

Magala has never featured in the IPL before and went unsold in December’s mini-auction, but will join Chennai for his base price of roughly R1.1 million.

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The burly paceman was a standout performer for champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the inaugural edition of the SA20 earlier this year.

Magala finished the competition as the joint-fifth highest wicket-taker with 14 victims at an economy-rate of of 8.68.

He is also a handy lower-order batter and has two half-centuries in his domestic T20 career.

The IPL is set to start on Friday, 31 March with Chennai Super Kings taking on defending champions Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad in the opening match.

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