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  • This is what my job is: MS Dhoni elaborates on his operate with the bat for CSK in IPL 2023

    Eight innings. 96 runs at a strike worth of 204.26. That’s what the Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni has achieved with the bat throughout the 2023 Indian Premier League.

    Coming in to bat throughout the lack of life overs, the best scorer throughout the remaining over of the league, Dhoni has been able to go for large footage with out taking lots time throughout the middle. An topic he had struggled with over the last few seasons throughout the league.

    Against Delhi Capitals on Wednesday, he’d can be found to bat throughout the seventeenth over, Dhoni would score a nine-ball-20. “This is what my job is, I have told them this is what I am supposed to do, don’t make me run a lot and it has been working. This is what I need to do, happy to contribute,” he’d inform throughout the post-match conference.

    Defending 168 at Chepauk, the hosts managed to dismiss Delhi 27 runs in want of their full, registering their seventh win of the season.

    “It turned a lot in the second half. We know that our spinners use a lot more seam than some of the other bowlers. We thought it’ll slow down. We didn’t know what’s a good score. That’s why I wanted the bowlers to bowl their best deliveries but not look for wickets every delivery. That’s when you start not bowling well. I felt 166-170 was a good score. But as a batting unit, we can do better,” the profitable skipper well-known.

    He added,”The good issue is Moeen and Jaddu acquired a possibility to bat. As we get nearer to the ultimate part of the match, it’s important that everybody has just some deliveries beneath their belt. We ought to be happy with our batting.”

    Dhoni moreover praised the opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who’s as quickly as as soon as extra been CSK’s lead scorer with the bat. “He (Gaikwad) is batting really well, he’s somebody once he starts scoring, he’s very effortless. He’s somebody who’s happy to rotate. He has the game awareness. He is ready to adapt. You rarely get people like that. People who read the game, those are the kind of players you need in your team.”

  • CSK vs DC: MS Dhoni cameo highlights CSK victory as 4-time champions near IPL 2023 playoffs

    By Rajarshi Gupta: Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals on the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday to close in on the IPL 2023 playoffs. CSK consolidated their place on the top-two throughout the components desk with a comfortable victory and now have 15 components from 12 matches. This was CSK’s seventh consecutive win over DC on the Chepauk.

    CSK vs DC, IPL 2023 Updates

    CSK, four-time IPL champions, had a disastrous advertising marketing campaign in 2022 and accomplished ninth throughout the components desk nevertheless they have been in excellent variety this season. It was one different superb workers effort on Wednesday as Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni scored shortly as CSK scored 101 runs off the ultimate 10 overs of their innings on a tricky batting pitch sooner than Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Matheesha Pathirana bowled brilliantly to derail DC’s run chase.

    IPL 2023: Full Coverage | Points Table

    Delhi Capitals had gained 4 out of their ultimate 5 matches sooner than Wednesday nevertheless after the defeat to Chennai Super Kings, their chances of constructing it to the playoffs are nearly over. DC might be able to finish with a most of 14 components within the occasion that they win their remaining three matches nevertheless they could additionally should keep their internet run cost which is the worst amongst 10 teams this season.

    Deepak Chahar jolted Delhi Capitals early of their chase when he dismissed David Warner for a duck throughout the first over and Phil Salt throughout the third over of the innings. On a pitch the place batting was troublesome, DC needed to get off to a quick start nevertheless Chahar’s wise opening spell put the friends on the backfoot. DC have been pushed once more further when Mitchell Marsh was run out as they slipped to 25 for 3 throughout the 4th over.

    Manish Pandey, the Impact Player for DC, was eradicated by Matheesha Pathirana, the Impact participant for CSK. Pandey hit two sixes along with one off Pathirana nevertheless largely struggled, managing merely 27 off 29 balls as a result of the required run cost shot up. Rilee Rossouw needed to steer the chase for DC at this stage as Ripal Patel walked in to hitch him on the crease nevertheless he fell to Ravindra Jadeja in his final over. Like Manish Pandey, Rossouw was moreover unable to take care of up with the asking cost, scoring 35 off 37 balls.

    Axar Patel and Ripal Patel had an unlimited job ahead. The stress was setting up on Delhi Capitals. Ravindra Jadeja (1 for 19) and Moeen Ali (0 for 16) had conceded solely 35 runs in 8 overs between them. And CSK nonetheless had overs left from Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana with DC needing 77 off 30 balls.

    Against a strong bowling assault, Delhi Capitals’ lower order had no chance as they fell transient by 27 runs.

    MS DHONI CAMEO THRILLS CHEPAUK

    Chennai Super Kings accomplished with 167 for 8 after MS Dhoni gained the toss and decided to bat on a pitch which was anticipated to help spinners as the game progressed. CSK’s in-form openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway could not uncover any rhythm in opposition to the DC bowlers nevertheless 32 for no loss on the end of 4 overs regarded promising given the slowness of the ground. Conway had a lucky escape in opposition to Khaleel Ahmed; there was a faint edge off the bat to wicketkeeper Phil Salt nevertheless except for the bowler, no one else appealed.

    Axar Patel dented CSK by eradicating Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad in successive overs. Conway devoted to early to a sweep shot nevertheless he was outfoxed by Axar and he wanted to walk off for 10. Gaikwad fell throughout the first ball after the Powerplay when he tried to lift Axar over additional cowl nevertheless ended up holding out to Aman Khan throughout the deep. Ajinkya Rahane has been in breathtaking variety in his maiden season for CSK and on a tricky pitch, he acquired off the mark off his second ball with a crisp boundary. DC, nonetheless, saved choosing widespread wickets to stall any progress by CSK and when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Moeen Ali.

    Ajinkya Rahane did not score as shortly as he has all by way of the match nevertheless he was settling down correctly. However, he was despatched once more by Lalit Yadav who took a surprising return catch and even Chris Gaffaney, the on-field umpire, was impressed with the bowler’s agility.

    It was a poor start for CSK as they reached 66 for 3 on the halfway stage, which was their lowest throughout the first 10 overs of the innings in any match throughout the 2023 Indian Premier League. But points would shortly change for CSK attributable to some stunning cameos from just a few of their best stars.

    Shivam Dube smashed 25 off 12, Ambati Rayudu who carried out his 2 hundredth IPL match on Wednesday, hit 23 off 17 and Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with 21 off 16 balls. But the loudest cheers have been reserved for MS Dhoni who hit Khaleel Ahmed for two sixes and a boundary throughout the penultimate over as his family high-fived throughout the stands. Dhoni fell to Mitchell Marsh throughout the final over for 20 off 9 balls.

    Axar Patel was probably the greatest bowler for Delhi Capitals, ending with 2 for 27 off his 4 overs while Mitchell Marsh picked 3 for 18 off three overs. However, two of those wickets received right here throughout the twentieth over when Jadeja and Dhoni have been looking for quick runs. Mitchell Marsh, in precise reality grew to develop into the most effective wicket-taker for Delhi Capitals this season.

  • CSK vs DC: MS Dhoni cameo highlights CSK victory as 4-time champions near IPL 2023 playoffs

    By Rajarshi Gupta: Chennai Super Kings defeated Delhi Capitals on the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday to close in on the IPL 2023 playoffs. CSK consolidated their place on the top-two inside the components desk with a comfortable victory and now have 15 components from 12 matches. This was CSK’s seventh consecutive win over DC on the Chepauk.

    CSK vs DC, IPL 2023 Updates

    CSK, four-time IPL champions, had a disastrous advertising and marketing marketing campaign in 2022 and accomplished ninth inside the components desk nonetheless they have been in excellent type this season. It was one different superb workers effort on Wednesday as Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni scored shortly as CSK scored 101 runs off the ultimate 10 overs of their innings on a tricky batting pitch sooner than Deepak Chahar, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Matheesha Pathirana bowled brilliantly to derail DC’s run chase.

    IPL 2023: Full Coverage | Points Table

    Delhi Capitals had gained 4 out of their remaining 5 matches sooner than Wednesday nonetheless after the defeat to Chennai Super Kings, their chances of creating it to the playoffs are nearly over. DC can be able to finish with a most of 14 components within the occasion that they win their remaining three matches nonetheless they could additionally should keep their net run cost which is the worst amongst 10 teams this season.

    Deepak Chahar jolted Delhi Capitals early of their chase when he dismissed David Warner for a duck inside the first over and Phil Salt inside the third over of the innings. On a pitch the place batting was troublesome, DC wished to get off to a quick start nonetheless Chahar’s smart opening spell put the company on the backfoot. DC have been pushed once more extra when Mitchell Marsh was run out as they slipped to 25 for 3 inside the 4th over.

    Manish Pandey, the Impact Player for DC, was eradicated by Matheesha Pathirana, the Impact participant for CSK. Pandey hit two sixes along with one off Pathirana nonetheless largely struggled, managing merely 27 off 29 balls as a result of the required run cost shot up. Rilee Rossouw wished to steer the chase for DC at this stage as Ripal Patel walked in to hitch him on the crease nonetheless he fell to Ravindra Jadeja in his final over. Like Manish Pandey, Rossouw was moreover unable to take care of up with the asking cost, scoring 35 off 37 balls.

    Axar Patel and Ripal Patel had an unlimited job ahead. The stress was developing on Delhi Capitals. Ravindra Jadeja (1 for 19) and Moeen Ali (0 for 16) had conceded solely 35 runs in 8 overs between them. And CSK nonetheless had overs left from Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana with DC needing 77 off 30 balls.

    Against a strong bowling assault, Delhi Capitals’ lower order had no chance as they fell transient by 27 runs.

    MS DHONI CAMEO THRILLS CHEPAUK

    Chennai Super Kings accomplished with 167 for 8 after MS Dhoni gained the toss and decided to bat on a pitch which was anticipated to help spinners as the game progressed. CSK’s in-form openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway could not uncover any rhythm in opposition to the DC bowlers nonetheless 32 for no loss on the end of 4 overs regarded promising given the slowness of the ground. Conway had a lucky escape in opposition to Khaleel Ahmed; there was a faint edge off the bat to wicketkeeper Phil Salt nonetheless other than the bowler, no person else appealed.

    Axar Patel dented CSK by eradicating Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad in successive overs. Conway devoted to early to a sweep shot nonetheless he was outfoxed by Axar and he wanted to walk off for 10. Gaikwad fell inside the first ball after the Powerplay when he tried to boost Axar over additional cowl nonetheless ended up holding out to Aman Khan inside the deep. Ajinkya Rahane has been in breathtaking type in his maiden season for CSK and on a tricky pitch, he acquired off the mark off his second ball with a crisp boundary. DC, nonetheless, saved choosing widespread wickets to stall any progress by CSK and when Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Moeen Ali.

    Ajinkya Rahane did not ranking as shortly as he has all via the match nonetheless he was settling down correctly. However, he was despatched once more by Lalit Yadav who took a surprising return catch and even Chris Gaffaney, the on-field umpire, was impressed with the bowler’s agility.

    It was a poor start for CSK as they reached 66 for 3 on the halfway stage, which was their lowest inside the first 10 overs of the innings in any match inside the 2023 Indian Premier League. But points would shortly change for CSK as a result of some lovely cameos from just a few of their biggest stars.

    Shivam Dube smashed 25 off 12, Ambati Rayudu who carried out his 2 hundredth IPL match on Wednesday, hit 23 off 17 and Ravindra Jadeja chipped in with 21 off 16 balls. But the loudest cheers have been reserved for MS Dhoni who hit Khaleel Ahmed for two sixes and a boundary inside the penultimate over as his family high-fived inside the stands. Dhoni fell to Mitchell Marsh inside the final over for 20 off 9 balls.

    Axar Patel was the most effective bowler for Delhi Capitals, ending with 2 for 27 off his 4 overs while Mitchell Marsh picked 3 for 18 off three overs. However, two of those wickets obtained right here inside the twentieth over when Jadeja and Dhoni have been looking for quick runs. Mitchell Marsh, in precise reality grew to turn into the very best wicket-taker for Delhi Capitals this season.

  • ‘I feel Matheesha Pathirana should not play red-ball cricket’: MS Dhoni

    Chennai Super Kings’ pacer Matheesha Pathirana rattled Mumbai Indians batters in course of the highest of the first innings and restrict the friends to 139.

    On Saturday, Pathirana blended his lengths as so much as he diversified his tempo and accomplished with 3-15 in 4 overs bowling on the demise.

    His effectivity not solely enhanced his fame of being this season’s demise over specialist however as well as drew reward from his captain MS Dhoni.

    𝙔𝙊𝙍𝙆𝙀𝘿!

    A excellent provide from Pathirana to dismiss the well-set Wadhera 👏🏻👏🏻#TATAIPL | #CSKvMI pic.twitter.com/G9N2m6BeYQ

    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2023

    “People who don’t have very clean (conventional) action, batsmen have a difficult time picking it and when trying to go after the bowler,” acknowledged Dhoni on the put up match presentation.

    “But his consistency, varitation, pace makes him special. What’s important is to keep an eye on how much cricket he is playing.”

    Stating his opinion on the proper method to deal with Pathirana’s workload, Dhoni acknowledged, “I feel he should not play red-ball cricket, not even get close to it, even play only ICC tournaments with ODIs and keep the rest as less as possible, because he’s not someone who’ll change a lot.”

    “This is what he’ll do. So you can always use him at crucial times. But make sure he’s fit and available for all the ICC tournaments and he’ll be a great asset for Sri Lanka. Not to forget, he’s a really young boy. Last time he came, he was very lean but has put on muscle and is stronger. I feel he’ll serve for a long time in Sri Lankan cricket but he’ll have to keep an eye on how much he bowls,” Dhoni concluded.

  • IPL 2023: Big-hitter MS Dhoni displaying glimpses of his traditional self is phenomenal to see, says Robin Uthappa

    By India Today Sports Desk: Former India batter Robin Uthappa was in awe of Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni’s one different fundamental demise overs cameo as a result of the CSK captain nailed consecutive sixes off the last word over to help his side attain the 200-run mark in the direction of Punjab Kings.

    Coming in to bat inside the closing over after Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed, Dhoni scored 13 off three deliveries, together with two additional sixes to his IPL tally of 57 inside the closing over. Sam Curran’s low full toss resulted in a fierce sq. decrease adopted by a hammered blow over deep mid-wicket.

    It was the second time this season that Dhoni had amassed back-to-back maximums. The earlier event, which moreover occurred on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai when the hosts carried out Lucknow Super Giants of their first residence recreation of the season, involved Mark Wood bowling.

    “MS Dhoni coming and doing what he does best. I think he saves it for Chennai. You want him to come out and play these big shots. You know, in a sense, it could be his swansong as well. Keeping that in mind, you want to see MS Dhoni who he is, and who he truly was when he came into the game. This is what he was,” Robin Uthappa said whereas speaking on Jio Cinema all through IPL 2023.

    MS Dhoni now has 4 sixes in his last seven balls at Chepauk, unfold all through two video video games. In reality, Dhoni has hit six sixes inside the closing over of his last three matches, harkening once more to his glory days as a result of the Chennai Super Kings and India captain.

    Uthappa said that MS Dhoni was a big six-hitter when he started as a teen in worldwide cricket and the gang loves it each time he’ll get going as rapidly as he includes the crease.

    “He was a massive big hitter. And to see him play these shots as soon as he comes is phenomenal. And the crowd is loving it and everyone who knows MS Dhoni is loving it,” Uthappa added.

  • IPL 2023: Big-hitter MS Dhoni displaying glimpses of his traditional self is phenomenal to see, says Robin Uthappa

    By India Today Sports Desk: Former India batter Robin Uthappa was in awe of Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni’s one different fundamental demise overs cameo as a result of the CSK captain nailed consecutive sixes off the last word over to help his side attain the 200-run mark in the direction of Punjab Kings.

    Coming in to bat inside the closing over after Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed, Dhoni scored 13 off three deliveries, together with two further sixes to his IPL tally of 57 inside the closing over. Sam Curran’s low full toss resulted in a fierce sq. decrease adopted by a hammered blow over deep mid-wicket.

    It was the second time this season that Dhoni had amassed back-to-back maximums. The earlier event, which moreover occurred on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai when the hosts carried out Lucknow Super Giants of their first residence recreation of the season, involved Mark Wood bowling.

    “MS Dhoni coming and doing what he does best. I think he saves it for Chennai. You want him to come out and play these big shots. You know, in a sense, it could be his swansong as well. Keeping that in mind, you want to see MS Dhoni who he is, and who he truly was when he came into the game. This is what he was,” Robin Uthappa acknowledged whereas speaking on Jio Cinema all through IPL 2023.

    MS Dhoni now has 4 sixes in his closing seven balls at Chepauk, unfold all through two video video games. In fact, Dhoni has hit six sixes inside the closing over of his closing three matches, harkening once more to his glory days as a result of the Chennai Super Kings and India captain.

    Uthappa acknowledged that MS Dhoni was a big six-hitter when he started as a teen in worldwide cricket and the gang loves it each time he’ll get going as shortly as he entails the crease.

    “He was a massive big hitter. And to see him play these shots as soon as he comes is phenomenal. And the crowd is loving it and everyone who knows MS Dhoni is loving it,” Uthappa added.

  • IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals carried out an unbelievable residence sport, says Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming

    By India Today Sports Desk: Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming said that Rajasthan Royals carried out an unbelievable residence sport in opposition to them on Thursday as they acquired the match by 32 runs.

    RR had acquired the toss and opted to bat first on the night and scored 202 runs on the once more of Yashasvi Jaiswal’s 77 and some late cameos from Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal.

    IPL 2023: Full Coverage | Points Table

    The CSK innings in no way purchased going from the start, with the RR spinners holding a take a look at on the scoring worth. Shivam Dube’s 52 went in ineffective in the long term as RR went to the best of the desk.

    Speaking on the post-match press conference, Fleming said that RR carried out an unbelievable residence sport and likewise praised Jaiswal for his knock on the day. The CSK head coach felt that his workforce was a bit unlucky throughout the backend of the RR innings as he felt they conceded 16-20 runs further and a ranking of 185 would have been turning into.

    “I thought it was a good game. Rajasthan Royals played really well. We don’t like to preconceive too many ideas about how the pitch will play. This pitch was a lot different in appearance than the last one and it played well. It started to get a bit slower towards the end. Rajasthan played a great home game and got out of the blocks very well. Jaiswal played a great innings to create some momentum.”

    “We came back quite nicely in the game. We thought we were a bit unlucky in the last 3-4 overs, with nicks here and there. Probably 16-20 runs more than we thought. 185 was more fitting. But competitive score to chase,” said Fleming

    Fleming moreover said that the set roles are important for CSK and so they don’t want to deviate from the problems which is likely to be working for them. The CSK head coach said that they may not get any precise momentum all through the powerplay overs.

    Fleming felt that they’ve been outplayed by RR and praised them for being glorious with every bat and ball.

    “The set roles are really important. Rahane has been great for us at No.3. We don’t mess with things that are going well. We came up against a team that took the pace off the ball, so we couldn’t get any real momentum in the first 6 overs. Conway, who is in outstanding form as well, couldn’t get underway.”

    “The rhythm of the innings was slow to get going. When we tried to catch the game up, we made mistakes and that’s just pressure and good bowling. We did well with Dube to create a bit of forward momentum and gave ourselves a small sniff. It was just always a few overs too far. In games like that, we were just outplayed. The first 6 overs, they were outstanding with the bat, and outstanding with the ball as well. So that really set the two innings up for them,” said Fleming.

  • IPL 2023: Royals flex powerplay muscle

    SYNOPSIS: It was Rajasthan Royals all one of the simplest ways, from the second Yashasvi Jaiswal teed off to the bowlers strangling CSK’s batsmen

    This was a contest that was completed and dusted inside the powerplay. If their openers laid a platform for Rajasthan Royals whereas batting first, their bowlers under no circumstances truly allowed Chennai Super Kings to get off the blocks inside the chase of 203. The end consequence was that Rajasthan grew to turn out to be the first group inside the ongoing Indian Premier League to make it two out of two in the direction of Chennai—which isn’t any easy feat considering their sort – as they moved excessive of the desk with a convincing 32-run victory.

    If their spinners had given them a well known win in Chennai whereas defending a par full, on Thursday, their batting unit returned the favour. Winning the toss, Sanju Samson study the circumstances utterly and batted first. With dew not a take into consideration Jaipur, as humidity was decrease than 50 % inside the night time, on a pitch the place it was getting slower by the use of the night, Samson knew he would possibly monetary establishment on their spin trio of R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and Adam Zampa to tie down any full that is above par on an enormous outfield.

    A 32-run win over #CSK propels @rajasthanroyals to the 🔝 of the Points Table 👏 👏@ybj_19 is the Player of the Match for his crucial knock 👍 👍

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    — IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 27, 2023

    The pacers too did their half. Sandeep Sharma, Kuldip Yadav and Jason Holder denied Chennai’s in-form openers Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad a flying start by giving away solely 25 runs inside the first overs. The job was half completed after which the spinners took over. By the time Conway was dismissed off the ultimate ball of the powerplay to Zampa, Chennai had solely 42 on board – their lowest full inside the powerplay this season – as they desperately sought momentum.

    Spinners do the trick

    However, inside the subsequent six overs, 4 of which have been bowled by the spin trio, Rajasthan conceded solely 43 runs. Vitally, after Zampa nailed Ruturaj Gaikwad – who was beginning to loosen the screws with a 29-ball 47— Ashwin took over. Having already been on the receiving end of Ashwin inside the first spherical in Chennai, the Super Kings weren’t ready to take any risks in the direction of him, preferring to work spherical for singles and twos. There have been 5 doubles and just one boundary inside the 19 runs he conceded off his first two overs.

    But Chennai have been prepared the place they wanted to shift gears. Forced by circumstances, Ajinkya Rahane jumped out, nevertheless Ashwin slowed it down a bit and made the ball drift into him. Just a fragile variation inside the air, nevertheless okay to account for Rahane, who managed to hunt out Jos Buttler at long-on. As Ambati Rayudu obtained right here in, Ashwin started with a quick one sooner than delivering one exterior the off-stump, making the batsman fetch for the ball. The ball being full, Rayudu’s eyes lit-up and he went for a slog sweep, solely to hunt out the fielder at mid-wicket. CSK reeled to 85/4 on the end of the twelfth, and it was an extreme quantity of for the middle and lower-order to tug off a heist. Even though Shivam Dube and Moeen Ali tried to revive the company with a 51-run partnership off merely 25 deliveries, Zampa had the latter as his third sufferer, and efficiently assured two elements for his group.

    No stopping Yashasvi

    With every passing outing this season, Jaiswal is shifting ahead inside the pecking order amongst openers prepared inside the wings for India’ call-up. After smashing centuries in Duleep Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Irani Cup, the left-hander has been displaying by the use of the IPL that switching codecs isn’t tough for him. On Thursday, it was his carnage that set the tone for Rajasthan’s win. After starting the innings with successive boundaries off the first two deliveries, he had six fours and two sixes by the tip of powerplay as he positioned on 64 inside the agency of Buttler, who was able to play second fiddle.

    This was not merely one different knock, nevertheless one that will give him extra confidence. With Jaiswal being cozy in the direction of pacers, MS Dhoni turned to spinners and though he confirmed just a little little bit of respect to Maheesh Theekshana, he greeted Ravindra Jadeja with a reverse-hit that sailed over degree. At that stage, Rajasthan have been going at 10 runs an over ( 85/0 after eight). It was moreover the interval that Dhoni would rue in the long term.

    CSK made a comeback of sorts—conceding 61 runs inside the subsequent eight overs and accounting for 3 wickets, as Theekshana eradicated Shimron Hetmyer off the first ball of the seventeenth over. With Samson moreover gone, and Matheesha Pathirana nonetheless having two overs up his sleeve, Chennai fancied limiting Rajasthan spherical 180 and avoid being the first group to concede 200 runs in an IPL fixture on the Sawai Man Singh Stadium. At the start of the 18th over, the score at 153/4, the first 200-score appeared distant.

    Instead, Devdutt Padikkal managed to get some part of the bat to Pathirana’s yorkers as he picked two boundaries by means of exterior edge and inside edge. Then Dhruv Jurel – considered one of many finds of the season having fun with ahead of Riyan Parag – supplied the precise completion, pillaging 34 runs off 15 balls. And how important these runs turned out to be.

  • ‘Holding Mahi Bhai’s bat was a surreal feeling’ – CSK’s Shaik Rasheed reveals his emotional bat story

    Chennai Super Kings youthful batter Shaik Rasheed shared an emotional anecdote involving former Indian captain MS Dhoni’s bat.

    In a video shared by CSK, on their official Youtube channel, Shaik, who was a part of U19 World Cup 2022 squad revealed how he couldn’t buy a ‘Reebok’ bat that MS Dhoni used to play with and what it felt desire to lastly private one.

    “When I was around eight years old, it was my birthday and I told my dad that I wanted a Reebok bat. It was Dhoni Bhai who used to use that bat and we didn’t have that much money that time. So we could not buy that bat. After that, for an entire day, I was just crying,” revealed Rasheed.

    “I was a ball boy during one of the games where I saw someone use that Reebok bat and somehow I couldn’t control my emotions. I really wanted to play with that bat,” he added.

    Earlier, Shaik who was picked by CSK for 20 Lakhs throughout the IPL 2023 auctions revealed his first dialog with Dhoni and said that the latter requested him to hold out to the right of his talent and that he urged him all through his comply with lessons.

    “Mahi bhai said “Hi”. It was explicit for me. First I met him on the bus after which on the underside. Mahi Bhai knowledgeable me, “Just do whatever you know.” He requested me to hold out to my talent,” he said.

    “After I finished the practice I learned how to prepare for the T20 format. When I was bowling, Mahi Bhai used to advise me on what I can do. And he would give suggestions after hitting the ball as well,” he added.

  • IPL 2023: Eden Gardens turns residence for MS Dhoni all through CSK’s win in the direction of KKR

    By Anirban Sinha Roy: CSK…CSK…CSK… Dhoni…Dhoni…Dhoni, the noise was deafening on the Eden Gardens on Sunday, 23 April. Was it is Eden Gardens, or the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, it was robust to tell as Kolkata turned up in numbers to wash love on former India captain MS Dhoni, when CSK carried out their group stage match vs KKR inside the Indian Premier League. KKR supporters gave the impression to be a lot much less in numbers, as Eden was yellow on the day, cheering for Dhoni and his group.

    IPL 2023: KKR vs CSK Highlights

    The sports activities actions crazy proved its love for legendary athletes however as soon as extra turning up from distant to see a glimpse of the CSK captain. One of the followers named Shivam Kundu instructed India Today that he had travelled from 450 kilometres away from Bhuvneshwar to see Dhoni play.

    “We stay beside Kolkata, but we will support CSK only for MSD.”

    All the distributors and retailers which sells jerseys and flags all through the stadiums talked about that lots of CSK jerseys have been supplied by them. And the long-lasting gallery of Eden Gardens, Kolkata was seen lined 80 per cent with yellow jerseys.

    KKR vs CSK: Match Report

    Another speculation goes that whether or not or not Dhoni was going to play his ultimate match at Eden Gardens. With the unsurety palpable inside the air, Kolkata’s turned up in yellow and dominated their residence group at their very personal stadium in Eden Gardens.

    Dhoni spoke after the match and thanked Eden for the help.

    “I will just say thanks for the support, they came in big numbers. Most of these guys will come in a KKR jersey next time. They are trying to give me a farewell, so thanks a lot to the crowd,” MS Dhoni talked about in his private imitable mannequin, holding the followers guessing about his future inside the IPL,” Dhoni talked about after the conclusion of the game.

    — ENDS —