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Will CSK play in Chepauk for the last time under the leadership of MS Dhoni? The team will fight to get the playoff ticket, this will be the match against KKR
In the Indian Premier League 2023, on Sunday, the Chennai Super Kings team will play for the last time in this season at their home ground Chapock Stadium. Amid reports of captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s retirement, the Chennai Super Kings team will play at the Chepauk Stadium for the last time under his leadership this season. In this match, Chennai Super Kings will face the team of Kolkata Knight Riders.
In this match, the team of Chennai Super Kings would like to win so that its ticket for the playoffs can be confirmed. Please tell that the team of Chennai Super Kings has played 12 matches in which it has a total of 15 points. The team of Chennai Super Kings is in a very strong position to make it to the playoffs. The team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won both their previous matches, which has boosted the confidence of the team.
Dhoni’s two sixes would be enough to celebrate the crowd present at the Chepauk Stadium as he did in the match against Delhi which proved crucial in the end. CSK’s batting is very strong. New Zealand openers Devon Conway and Ruturaj Gaikwad are getting the team off to a good start followed by Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube playing their roles well. Batsmen like Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja and Ambati Rayudu have not been able to perform as expected so far but CSK have left no stone unturned to fill this gap. Sri Lanka’s Mathisha Pathirana has proved to be the trump card for the team in bowling. Tushar Deshpande may have proved expensive but he has not shied away from taking wickets. Jadeja, Moeen Ali and Mahesh Tikshna are doing well in the spin department.
Difficult in front of KKR
Let us tell you that Nitish Rana-led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have only 10 points and will have to win both their remaining matches and pray for the results of the other teams to be in their favor. It will not be easy for Kolkata to beat the Chennai team at their home ground. KKR’s chances in this match will hinge on the performance of its spinners. The outcome of the match could depend on how Varun Chakraborty and Suyash Sharma perform on Sunday. Experienced Sunil Narine has failed so far this season and will look to make a comeback here. Captain Nitish Rana and Venkatesh Iyer have been doing well with the bat but KKR will be hoping for a good start from their openers. The KKR batsmen, however, will have to be wary of Pathirana’s yorkers and slower balls and Jadeja’s clever bowling.
Teams are as follows:
Chennai Super Kings: MS Dhoni (Captain & Wicket-keeper), Akash Singh, Moeen Ali, Bhagat Verma, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dubey, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangergekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Mathisha Pathirana, Dwayne Pretorius, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rashid, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjit Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Ben Stokes, Mahesh Tikshna.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Nitish Rana (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaj, Jason Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakraborty, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, N Jagadeesan, Vaibhav Arora , Suyyash Sharma, David Weiss, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Arya Desai and Johnson Charles. Match Start: 7.30 PM.
