The Women’s Premier League is over, and Mumbai Indians are the winners of the first season. The focus is now on the big event, the king of T20 leagues, the Indian Premier League, which starts on March 31 with a match between the four-time champion Chennai Super Kings and the defending champion Gujarat Titans.
The Chennai Super Kings are among the most successful teams in the IPL, but MS Dhoni’s club didn’t make the playoffs last season. Instead, they finished ninth in the points table. In IPL 2022, MS Dhoni gave Ravindra Jadeja the team’s leadership to establish a future team. However, Jadeja quit the job following the team’s terrible performance.
The team intends to use the coming season to build a strong core, mainly because this could be MS Dhoni’s last IPL season as a player.
For IPL 2023, the franchise signed as many as seven new players, including England’s Ben Stokes, New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson, and India’s Ajinkya Rahane. But before the season, the team took a severe hit when Jamieson got hurt and couldn’t play. CSK then chose Sisanda Magala from South Africa to take his position.
Many rumors say that CSK pacer Mukesh Choudhary, who wowed everyone with his speed and swing in IPL 2022, will miss the competition because of an injury. This is a significant setback to CSK’s aspirations.
New Zealand opener Devon Conway is expected to open with Ruturaj Gaikwad, followed by Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, and MS Dhoni in CSK’s best-playing 11. Along with Ali and Dube, Ben Stokes and Ravindra Jadeja will be the team’s two specialist all-rounders.
Deepak Chahar and Tushar Deshpande are anticipated to be the two fast bowlers, and Mitch Santner or Maheesh Theekshana will be the specialty spinner.
The Chennai Super Kings’ best potential XI is Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (c) (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, or Mitchell Santner.
