New Delhi. IPL 2025 has not yet reached half of its stop and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is under threat of getting out of the playoffs. The CSK team will land against Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) under the captaincy of MS Dhoni on Monday. The CSK team has lost five consecutive matches. If he has to remain in the playoff race, then LSG will have to defeat.
Chennai’s victory against Lucknow Supergiants playing under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant does not seem easy. Lucknow’s team has won 4 matches so far and is in the top-4 in the point table. If Lucknow wins its match, then the point will reach number one in the table. On the other hand, the title hopes of Chennai Super Kings and MS Dhoni will get entangled in Agra-Magar. CSK is currently in the last place with 2 points by winning a match in 6 matches in the point table.
If someone can remove CSK from a difficult period, then he is Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He is holding the captaincy of the team after Rituraj Gaikwad was injured. CSK is being accused of keeping his players in the playing XI, who are not in the form, which they have suffered till now. The lack of ‘Power-Hit’ in this team has also become a topic of discussion.
MS Dhoni himself has admitted that the target of scoring 60 runs in Powerplay is difficult for him. Opener Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway are excellent batter but they are not a power-hitter. Rahul Tripathi, who comes at number three in place of Gaikwad, will have a lot of pressure to perform well. All -rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Shivam Dubey also need a good performance. Dhoni will also have to do his batting order up. He came out to bat at number nine in the last match.
The hosts will be in search of the fourth consecutive victory in Lucknow Supergiants. The team has achieved the necessary continuity in the tournament after winning by a good margin. Lucknow pitch is traditionally slow and has been better for batting. Niklas Puran is making a splash on this pitch. Opener Mitchell Marsh is not certain to play.
The teams are as follows:
Lucknow Supergiants: Rishabh Pant (Captain), Niklas Puran, Mitchell Marsh, Aden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Aryan Juyal (wicketkeeper), Matthew Breetzake, Matthew Breetzake, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajwaroj Chaudhary, Rajwarojar Hunger, Manvardhan, Manvardhan, Manvardhan, Manvardhan, Manvardhan, Manvardhan, Manvardhan, Mantra Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.
Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mathisha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Khalil Ahmed, Sam Karan, Sheikh Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjit Singh, Nathan Allis, Nathan Alis, Nathan, Nathan, Nagerkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Ruturaj Gaekwad.