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NEW DELHI: The anticipation was sky-high arsenic fans waited to spot their superstar MS Dhoni successful enactment successful IPL 2026, but the hold continues. When Ruturaj Gaikwad walked retired for the flip alongside Ajinkya Rahane astatine the MA Chidambaram Stadium, fans were hoping to perceive the words: “MS Dhoni volition play today.”But that announcement ne'er came.Dhoni, who was seen batting successful the nets connected Monday up of the CSK vs KKR clash, is inactive successful recovery.KKR Ajinkya Rahane won the flip and opted to tract against CSK."Looking to vessel first. I deliberation the past crippled was truly bully for us. Unfortunately, the effect didn't spell our way. But I thought the benignant of cricket we played, guys are getting that assurance from the past game. It's each astir starting fresh.
It's important erstwhile things are not going your way, it's important to person that belief, enactment affirmative and having those small, tiny moments successful T20 format is truly important. So, present looking guardant to this game, we'll commencement disconnected truly good with the shot and past look to pursuit down the target," Rahane said during the toss.
"Yes, absolutely. The benignant of sound Mukul played astatine the nighttime was fantastic. I mean, it's going to hap successful this format.
As I said, it's each astir belief. You know, guys are moving truly hard. For us, what matters is, putting those hard efforts, focusing connected the power levels arsenic players and, you know, having that content successful each and each individual. As I said, the operation looked truly bully for america successful the past game. So, yeah, reasoning astir this crippled and conscionable wanted to beryllium successful the moment.
I mean, it is challenging aft the mega auction to find the close equilibrium and evidently the travel players are going done the injuries, players are unavailable.
Tonight, conscionable 1 alteration for us. Varun Chakaravarthy is fit. He's travel successful in spot of Navdeep Saini," helium said.
Gaikwad, connected the different hand, did not supply immoderate update connected MS Dhoni’s fittingness and opted to instrumentality with the aforesaid playing XI."Yes, we would person bowled archetypal arsenic well. But arsenic I said, you know, The wicket hasn't changed overmuch passim the people of the game. So not overmuch of a difference. Definitely putting a large full connected the scoreboard archetypal innings volition beryllium challenging, but arsenic I said, you know, it looks a truly bully surface.
Yes, arsenic I said, adjacent successful the post-match arsenic well, I felt the bowling was truly bully defending 210, you know, against a beardown DC side.
Gave america a batch of assurance and you know, adjacent the fielding portion was charged up. We saved a fewer runs and that is however I deliberation collectively we did truly well," Gaikwad said. "Really breathtaking contiguous arsenic well. We got a occupation to bash and everyone is feeling confident. And mentioning astir combinations today, Ajinkya, I deliberation adjacent successful your case, you look to beryllium getting the equilibrium close now.
Yes, I deliberation we are dilatory getting it right. You know, Brevis coming backmost and you know, J&P giving that important overs successful the betwixt arsenic well. So I deliberation we are slowly, dilatory getting the close operation and it is conscionable astir delivering each and each crippled and staying consistent.
And what is your operation for today's game? We are going with the aforesaid team," helium said. CSK person played 5 matches truthful acold this season, including this clash, and Dhoni has missed each of them owed to a calf strain.On March 28, CSK had stated that Dhoni would beryllium sidelined for the archetypal 2 weeks of the tourney and would acquisition rehabilitation. While that play has present ended, helium is yet to regain afloat lucifer fitness.Dhoni has besides not travelled with the squad for distant fixtures this season.In 278 IPL matches, Dhoni has scored 5,439 runs successful 242 innings astatine an mean of 38.30 and a onslaught complaint of 137.45, including 24 fifties, with a highest people of 84*.
He is presently the sixth-highest run-scorer successful IPL history.Last season, erstwhile CSK finished astatine the bottommost of the table, helium managed 196 runs successful 13 innings astatine an mean of 24.50 and a onslaught complaint of implicit 135, with a apical people of 30.Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Ajinkya Rahane(c), Cameron Green, Angkrish Raghuvanshi(w), Rovman Powell, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakaravarthy, Vaibhav Arora, Kartik TyagiChennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Sanju Samson(w), Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ayush Mhatre, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Dewald Brevis, Jamie Overton, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Khaleel Ahmed
