The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 may be suspended until September this yr however former champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) haven’t forgotten their skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. After a disappointing 2020 season, when CSK did not make the IPL Playoffs for the primary time of their historical past, Dhoni’s aspect are in second place on the IPL 2021 factors desk after 7 video games.
The Chennai franchise on Monday (June 7) shared rare childhood photos of their cricketers together with skipper Dhoni.
CSK took to Instagram to share a rare throwback publish with childhood photos of Dhoni, Sam Curran, and others. “Did we hear fashion icon in youth?” CSK captioned the publish. The publish quickly went viral among the many tens of millions of CSK followers as they could not get sufficient of ‘Thala’ Dhoni’s childhood image. The publish had over 5.96 lakh inside a number of hours.
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The Dhoni-led aspect bought off to a shaky begin as they misplaced their opener in opposition to Delhi Capitals by seven wickets however bounced again with 5 wins in a row. Chennai Super Kings’ unbeaten streak was ended by their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians, who clinched a last-ball thriller by 4 wickets.
Although Dhoni has failed to fireplace with the willow to this point within the IPL 2021 season, scoring solely 37 runs however the likes of Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravindra Jadeja – along with his fireworks in opposition to Royal Challengers Bangalore — have stored CSK on the prime of the desk. Meanwhile, with the COVID-19 enforced break in IPL 2021, Dhoni has been enjoyable at his farmhouse in Ranchi with spouse Sakshi Dhoni and daughter Ziva. Dhoni not too long ago purchased a brand new pony for his daughter Ziva.
CSK will return to motion and look to seal a spot within the playoffs when IPL 2021 resumes in September this yr. The remaining matches of the season will probably be performed within the UAE in September-October.
