Chennai Super Kings (CSK) tackle Royal Chllengers Bangalore (RCB) within the opening sport of IPL 2024 on March 22 on the MA Chidambaram stadium. This may very well be the final IPL for his or her captain MS Dhoni, who will flip 43 in July this 12 months. Dhoni gained CSK record-equalling fifth trophy in 2023 after they beat Gujarat Titans (GT). It was Ravindra Jadeja who hit the profitable runs for CSK in that ultimate and as a present, he didn’t solely obtain the trophy but additionally a heat, tight hug from his captain.
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CSK have obtained an enormous blow forward of the competitors as their opener Devon Conway has injured his thumb. He has undergone a small surgical procedure and is prone to miss some video games within the season. It can be attention-grabbing to see who replaces him on the prime of the batting order. One of the contenders is Rachin Ravindra, who can be a New Zealand cricketer, and had a terrific time in World Cup which was performed in India in 2023.
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It can be attention-grabbing to see how among the CSK batters carry out. While Ruturaj Gaiwad, each Ravindras (Rachin and Jadeja), and different present worldwide stars are enjoying nicely and are in kind, one can’t say the identical for the likes of Ajinkya Rahane and MS Dhoni. Rahane was in poor kind all through the Ranji Trophy. Dhoni doesn’t play cricket all year long and started batting solely a month again. CSK do have a powerful squad at their disposal however what’s required is firing collectively.Â
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanath stated that the crew, like at all times, targets profitable league video games and qualify for the playoffs. From there, it’s anybody’s sport.
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CSK Squad
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Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway (may very well be out on account of damage, no official phrase but), Avanish Rao Aravelly*
All-rounders: Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Rachin Ravindra*, Daryl Mitchell*, Sameer Rizvi*
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki, Shardul Thakur*, Mustafizur Rahman*
CSK schedule for IPL 2024, solely the primary 21 matches of IPL 2024 have been introduced to this point:
Match 1: Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore, Friday, March 22, 8pm, Chennai
Match 7: Chennai Super Kings v Gujarat Titans, Tuesday, March 26, 7.30pm, Chennai
Match 13: Delhi Capitals v Chennai Super Kings, Sunday, March 31, 7.30pm, Vizag
Match 18: Sunrisers Hyderabad v Chennai Super Kings, Friday, April 5, 7.30pm, Hyderabad
(Note: BCCI introduced schedule for under first two weeks of IPL 2024. Full schedule will likely be introduced after Election Commission introduced Lok Sabha Chunav Dates. This record will likely be up to date accordingly).