Mullanpur: In Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s death strike, the obvious lack of fire is a sensitive area that the Chennai Super King needs to resolve before Tuesday’s IPL clash with the Punjab King.
In their worst season, CSK has now completed a failed hat trick.
Although the Punjab Kings lost their previous match against Rajasthan Royals at home, Shreyas Iyer’s team looks more comprehensive than the CSK who struggles to solve the combination problem.
Doni’s presence in the back end, once considered a gift, is becoming the bane of the “Yellow Travel”.
But it’s the aura of men’s 18th IPL season (except Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, no one in the CSK rankings can walk up to the man and show him a mirror.
While “brand Dhoni” still ruled the hearts of CSK fanatics and his cheers were deafening as he entered the turf, the game against the Delhi Capital undoubtedly awakened his supporters, because his supporters were more important than their “beloved Tara” and maybe it’s time to move on.
Opposition teams now want to hit the ball first and somehow score above 180 or more, unless Shivam Dube fires, CSK will be a tough task for CSK.
Now Dube is a muscular guy who missed a player who always had a 50-50 success rate on the template.
Dhoni’s greatness over the years was his rude opportunity, whether it was bidding for Captain Adieu or retirement from international competitions. Will he decide again or wait for the nudge?
Since Dhoni is the same player and no one can “Call Cats”, the situation at CSK with the highest level of pop-up error is unusual, and here, Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad has to give up his opening slot.
“No, that’s not my character. I don’t know. I just like working with him. He didn’t even do a great job. I don’t even ask these days. You guys are the ones who ask (about retirement).
Experienced leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal will certainly play a key role in the Chennai Super Kings against his former Indian captain.
Chahal and Dhoni have played against each other 10 times in various IPL matches, and the Haryana Bowl has rejected the legend five times.
For the king of Punjab, the form of Captain Iyer and young Nehal Wadhera kept them in good shape.
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Noor Ahmad, Ravichandran Ashwin, Devon Conway, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Sam Curran, Shaik Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Choudhary, Deepak Hooda, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi (WK) (WK), Andre Siddarth.
Punjab Kings: Shreyas Iyer (c), Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Harpreet Brar, Vishnu Vinod, Marco Jansen, Lockie Ferguson, Josh Inglis, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Pyla Avinash, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Pannu, Aaron Hardie, Priyansh Arya, Azmatullah Omarzai
The game starts at 7:30 pm.
