Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni received the toss and elected to discipline first towards Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at Ekana Cricket Stadium within the forty fifth Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) match on Wednesday, May 3. Dhoni triggered the environment as he declined to substantiate his retirement after IPL 2023.
During the toss, Danny Morrison teased the CSK skipper with a query “How you’re enjoying your last season?” Dhoni was fast to answer, “You’ve decided that it’s my last season, not me.” Danny then introduced that Dhoni is returning again within the subsequent version and the duo shook fingers on that.
Dhoni, 41, is but to substantiate his plans for the subsequent season because the cricket fraternity continues to guess over the previous Indian skipper’s retirement plan. Fans are pouring stands this season to show their love and assist for Dhoni as many are predicting that the participant is that includes for the final time in IPL. CSK are positioned within the fourth place within the factors desk with 5 wins from 9 video games in IPL 2023 with Dhoni smashing 74 runs from six innings at a strike price of 211.42 thus far.
Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings welcomed again star pacer Deepak Chahar, who changed Akash Singh whereas Mohsin Khan returned for Lucknow Super Giants to function in his first match this season. Young batting all-rounder Karan Sharma additionally got here in for LSG whereas Manan Vohra changed injured skipper KL Rahul to open an innings with Kyle Mayers.
LSG Playing XI: Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya (c), Karan Sharma, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, Ok Gowtham, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan
CSK Playing XI: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
