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Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Tremendous Kings, 1st Match at Ahmedabad, Mar 31, 2023,
Chennai XI,
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Printed on: Mar 31, 2023
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Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) have denied stories that captain MS Dhoni is injured and therefore will probably be unavailable for choice for the opening match. CSK will kick off Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 by taking up defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) within the season opener on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday, March 31
Dhoni didn’t bat on the eve of the primary match of IPL 2023, following which hypothesis arose that he was injured. The Indian Specific reported that Dhoni has a niggle in his left knee, which places him unsure for Friday’s match towards Gujarat Titans.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan, nevertheless, denied the stories. Chatting with PTI, he stated, “So far as I’m involved, the skipper is one hundred pc enjoying. I do not find out about every other improvement.”
Within the occasion of Dhoni being dominated out, England all-rounder Ben Stokes may lead the aspect. Stokes was bought on the mini-auction for Rs 16.25 crore and is touted to take over as CSK chief from Dhoni as soon as the latter retires. Younger opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captains Maharashtra in home cricket, might be one other of the contenders for management.
Amongst wicket-keepers, Devon Conway can take the gloves if Dhoni is unavailable. Ambati Rayudu could be one other protecting choice.
In the meantime, Chennai Tremendous Kings have suffered one other harm setback as left-arm seamer Mukesh Choudhary has been dominated out of whole IPL 2023 with a stress fracture of the again. Nagaland left-arm seamer Akash Singh, who has represented Rajasthan Royals beforehand, has been signed by CSK as a alternative participant.
Choudhary claimed 16 wickets for CSK in 13 video games at an economic system charge of 9.31 in IPL 2022. His alternative Akash has been signed at a base value of Rs 20 lakh. He has performed 9 T20s to date and has claimed seven wickets at an economic system charge of seven.87.
Earlier than Choudhary, New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson was additionally dominated out of your entire season on account of a again harm. CSK changed Jamieson with South Africa’s Sisanda Magala, who was picked at his base value of Rs 50 lakh.
Chennai Tremendous Kings may also miss the Sri Lankan duo of Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana within the preliminary video games. They are going to be part of the franchise after the white-ball sequence in New Zealand ends on April 8.
Chennai Tremendous Kings IPL 2023 squad
MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
