“The skipper is 100 percent playing”

Dhoni didn’t bat on the eve of the primary match of IPL 2023, following which hypothesis arose that he was injured. The Indian Specific reported that Dhoni has a niggle in his left knee, which places him unsure for Friday’s match towards Gujarat Titans.

CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan, nevertheless, denied the studies. Talking to PTI, he mentioned, “So far as I’m involved, the skipper is one hundred pc enjoying. I do not learn about some other improvement.”

Within the occasion of Dhoni being dominated out, England all-rounder Ben Stokes could lead on the facet. Stokes was bought on the mini-auction for Rs 16.25 crore and is touted to take over as CSK chief from Dhoni as soon as the latter retires. Younger opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, who captains Maharashtra in home cricket, may very well be one other of the contenders for management.

Amongst wicket-keepers, Devon Conway can take the gloves if Dhoni is unavailable. Ambati Rayudu might be one other protecting choice.

In the meantime, Chennai Tremendous Kings have suffered one other harm setback as left-arm seamer Mukesh Choudhary has been dominated out of complete IPL 2023 with a stress fracture of the again. Nagaland left-arm seamer Akash Singh, who has represented Rajasthan Royals beforehand, has been signed by CSK as a substitute participant.

Choudhary claimed 16 wickets for CSK in 13 video games at an economic system fee of 9.31 in IPL 2022. His substitute Akash has been signed at a base worth of Rs 20 lakh. He has performed 9 T20s up to now and has claimed seven wickets at an economic system fee of seven.87.

Earlier than Choudhary, New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson was additionally dominated out of your complete season as a consequence of a again harm. CSK changed Jamieson with South Africa’s Sisanda Magala, who was picked at his base worth of Rs 50 lakh.

Chennai Tremendous Kings may even miss the Sri Lankan duo of Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana within the preliminary video games. They’ll be part of the franchise after the white-ball sequence in New Zealand ends on April 8.

Chennai Tremendous Kings IPL 2023 squad

MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma.

–By A Cricket Correspondent