New Delhi. Mahendra Singh Dhoni returned to the field as captain. In the match against Kolkata Knight Riders, Dhoni landed as captain for Chennai Super Kings. After about two years, Dhoni again took over the reins of CSK. As soon as Dhoni became captain, CSK made two major changes against KKR in the playing XI. Dhoni has a big responsibility to return CSK to the victory track on his shoulders. The CSK has gone from the victory after winning a match. He has lost 4 matches. Dhoni has been made the captain of CSK after Rituraj Gaikwad was injured.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, however, lost the toss. At the time of the toss, Dhoni said that two changes have been made in CSK’s playing XI. Rahul Tripathi was replaced by Rituraj Gaikwad while young all -rounder Anshul Kamboj has got a chance in place of Mukesh Chaudhary. After the toss, MS Dhoni spoke about CSK’s plans in IPL 2025. He said that we wanted to bat first. On many occasions we tried to chase the target and we realized that the pitch slows down, so if you do not start well then there is pressure on the middle order.
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Acting captain Dhoni looked disappointed with Rituraj’s injury, but he made it clear that the team would have to move forward in the tournament. Mahi said that his team will miss Gaikwad who was a great batsman. Rituraj has been ruled out of the entire IPL season due to fracture in Kohli.
CSK’s playing XI: Rachin Ravindra, Davon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper/captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders’ playing XI: Quinton de Kock (wicketkeeper), Sunil Naren, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakraborty.
