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Sanju Samson was injured on a late-swinging delivery by pacer Spencer Johnson. Urvil Patel put on the gloves and is now performing the wicket-keeping duties in the absence of Sanju Samson. Sanju Samson is receiving treatment inside the dugout after the injury.

Ahmedabad, May 21: In a major injury scare for the Chennai Super Kings, their star player Sanju Samson had to leave the field after an injury to his fingers while wicket-keeping in the must-win clash against Gujarat Titans at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Thursday.

Sanju Samson was injured on a late-swinging delivery by pacer Spencer Johnson. Urvil Patel put on the gloves and is now performing the wicket-keeping duties in the absence of Sanju Samson. Sanju Samson is receiving treatment inside the dugout after the injury.

The incident occurred in the second over of the match when Sai Sudharsan was on strike and CSK pacer Spencer Johnson was bowling with the new ball. He bowled a delivery on Sudharsan's pads which missed everything and was flying towards the wicket-keeper from the leg side.

Sanju Samson followed the ball to grab it, however, the ball swung late and changed the trajectory and was moving on the off side after passing the stumps in fast pace. Sanju, who was moving on the left side, suddenly noticed the ball moving to the off. He put out his hand with the gloves on to stop the delivery.