Tag: Chennai Super Kings

Pathirana was on fire in his spell at the back end of the innings, giving away just 15 runs in his four overs, not conceding a single boundary while picking three wickets, denying Mumbai the finishing kick they needed after losing their top three batters in power-play as they ended up at 139/8.

It is also Rohit's 16th duck in the IPL, the most for any batter in the history of the competition. He has surpassed Dinesh Karthik, Mandeep Singh and Sunil Narine, who are now joint second with 15 ducks each.

The CSK skipper was handed mementos by Rajiv Shukla ahead of the match against Lucknow Super Giants with a huge roar from the crowd, the majority of whom were garbed in Chennai's yellow jerseys.

Devon Conway's sublime innings of unbeaten 92 off 52, Ruturaj Gaikwad's 37 off 31 and M.S. Dhoni's consecutive sixes off the last two balls CSK posted 200/4 after opting to bat first.

After Conway and Gaikwad provided a good start and stitched an 86-run opening partnership, Shivam Dube played a fine cameo 28 off 17, Then, Dhoni played with his vintage style as he finished the innings with two back-to-back sixes.

Apart from Jaiswal, the likes of Dhruv Jurel (34 off 15), Jos Buttler (27 off 21), and Devdutt Padikkal (24 off 12) contributed to the Royals' big score on a batting-friendly pitch.

As a cricket enthusiast and Bollywood admirer, you must have seen Superstar Salman Khan in action on-field with gloves, pads and a bat. However, do you know the cricketer whom Sallu admires the most?

Asked to bat first by Dhoni in his 200th match as CSK skipper, the Rajasthan Royals innings developed in a stutter, smash, stutter mode as they lost Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) early with 11 runs on the board. They raced to 57/1 at the end of the Power-play and looked like cruising towards a huge total with Buttler and Padikkal going great guns.

Dhoni thus became the only captain in IPL history to lead the same side in 200 matches.

Rahane, who was roped in by CSK for his base price of Rs 50 lakh, came into the side as England Test captain Ben Stokes pulled out with an injury.

Earlier, South Africa’s SA20 was allowing franchises to announce their best XI players after the toss. With this new rule, IPL 2023 will become the second T20 franchise league to allow teams to announce their playing elevens after the toss.

Stokes will be playing for CSK in the upcoming season of the IPL 2023 and is supposed to fly to India and most probably replace MS Dhoni as the skipper of the franchise.

While fans are eagerly waiting for this year’s IPL, Dhoni will hopefully finish on a high in the yellow and not disappoint his fans.

Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar agreed with his assessment that Dhoni will be the key for CSK.

With the 41-year-old four-time IPL-winning skipper set to retire for the final time soon, CSK are desperately looking for someone to take charge of the team and Styris believes Stokes is that man.