With solely two days left for the start of the new version of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2021), Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni offered the official jersey of the staff to all of the newly added gamers to the squad together with Cheteshwar Pujara.
The official Twitter deal with of CSK on Wednesday (April 7) shared the pics of the occasion and captioned it, “Putting our paws together in welcoming freshers into the Superfam!”.
Putting our paws collectively in welcoming freshers into the #SuperFam! #WhistlePodu #Yellove pic.twitter.com/Noym2hbFB1
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 7, 2021
Meanwhile, Pujara mentioned he was honoured to obtain the official equipment from Dhoni, including that he’s wanting ahead to a “great season” of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“Excited and honoured to receive the official kit from @msdhoni bhai and the @ChennaiIPL family! Looking forward to a great season ahead #famlove #fresher #whistlepodu,” Pujara tweeted.
Excited and honoured to obtain the official equipment from @msdhoni bhai and the @ChennaiIPL household! Looking ahead to an incredible season forward #famlove #brisker #whistlepodu pic.twitter.com/XfIkzgye54
— cheteshwar pujara (@cheteshwar1) April 7, 2021
Despite witnessing a dismal run within the final season, CSK will enter the 2021 version of the match as one of many favourites, given the franchise’s observe file on Indian soil. Not to overlook the expertise the aspect has at its disposal.
The staff will step into the new season with a number of adjustments as Shane Watson retired from all types of cricket following final yr’s IPL whereas CSK opted not to retain Harbhajan Singh. Despite the absence of those two, CSK nonetheless has surfeit expertise within the squad. Also, the Dhoni-led staff will see the return of Suresh Raina, who had missed the final version of the match. Raina’s return will bolster the staff’s batting line-up.
In the mini-auction, held in February, CSK went all out for all-rounder Krishnappa Gowtham. The franchise purchased the participant for a whopping Rs 9.25 crore, making him the costliest uncapped Indian participant on the mini-auction. Also, within the absence of Harbhajan Singh, CSK had to add an skilled spinner to the staff, and the staff ironed that downside out with the addition of Moeen Ali.
In the mini-auction, the franchise additionally picked Pujara, who final performed an IPL match in 2014, bringing the batsman on board for Rs 50 lakh.
CSK will play their first match of this season of IPL on April 10 towards Delhi Capitals.
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK) FULL SQUAD AND PLAYERS LIST:
Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, N. Jagadeesan (wk), Robin Uthappa, MS Dhoni (c/wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Curran, Dwayne Bravo, Karn Sharma, R. Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Lungi Ngidi, KM Asif, Moeen Ali, Okay Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, Okay. Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishanth
