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20Apr By source belowNo Comments

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WATCH: New CSK entrant Ayush Mhatre’s interview as a six-year-old and clip of him batting at that age

When Chennai Super Kings visit the Wankhede Stadium to take on the Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League game on Sunday evening, for Ayush Mhatre it will be homecoming. He may not play the game against the Mumbai Indians, but the man who was called in as a late injury replacement for Chennai captain Ruturaj Gaikwad will be back at his old stomping grounds. Ayush Mhatre has represented Mumbai in nine first-class games so far, racking up two centuries and a half century. Besides that he has also turned out for the domestic giants in seven list A games. In these List A games, he has a high score of 181 against Nagaland to go with 148 against Saurashtra during the Vijay Hazare Trophy. WATCH: Six-year-old Ayush Mhatre batting In the video, uploaded on YouTube by the Vengsarkar Cricket Aca...

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10Apr By source belowNo Comments

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IPL 2025, CSK vs KKR | Time running out for struggling former champions

A beleaguered Chennai Super Kings will have their task cut out against Kolkata Knight Riders as they look to break a frustrating run of defeats in front of their loyal but success-deprived supporters in the ongoing Indian Premier League in Chennai on Friday (April 11, 2025). Heading into the critical game, in which a loss could spell more trouble for CSK, the home team is taking some solace from the batters' impressive show in the last match against Punjab Kings, which they lost by 18 runs after being set a stiff target of 219 in Mullanpur. CSK are now hoping for a change in fortune at Chepauk, which has so far this season not afforded them the advantage it has been know to give in the past, something that has also forced longtime coach Stephen Fleming to express his frustration after a ma...

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9Apr By source belowNo Comments

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Ravichandran Ashwin surpasses Bhuvneshwar Kumar to become 3rd-highest wicket-taker in IPL

Chennai Super Kings’ Ravichandran Ashwin with teammates during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 cricket match between Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings, in New Chandigarh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI Chennai Super Kings (CSK) veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin surpassed Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) right-arm swinging seamer Bhuvnesh Kumar to become the third-highest wicket-taker in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). During Tuesday (April 8, 2025) night’s clash against Punjab Kings (PBKS), the 38-year-old off-spinner scythed two wickets in four overs, giving away 48 runs at an economy of 12. With these two wickets, Ashwin breezed past Bhuvneshwar to emerge as the ...

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9Apr By source belowNo Comments

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IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings failed to capitalise on chances against PBKS

Chennai Super Kings’ Mukesh Choudhary attempts to take the catch of Punjab Kings’ Priyansh Arya during an IPL 2025 match in New Chandigarh, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. However, Mukesh Choudhary touched the boundary cushion after taking the catch off R. Ashwin. | Photo Credit: PTI Luck is only as good as the opportunities you seize. While Punjab Kings’ Priyansh Arya cashed in on the lives he got, Chennai Super Kings batters did not make use of the multiple reprieves they received in the IPL fixture at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium here on Tuesday. The 24-year-old’s unwavering courage, even after getting two lifelines, helped him smash the second-fastest century by an Indian in the IPL (39 balls).CSK head coa...

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6Apr By source belowNo Comments

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‘Papa se dar bohot lagta tha’: MS Dhoni reveals on podcast, where he explains why he was never insecure as child

In a new podcast on his app, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has opened up about his early life while growing up in Ranchi. Dhoni has been in the news recently for his performances for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. On Saturday, Dhoni’s parents Pan Singh and Devaki Devi were in attendance at the MA Chidambaram Stadium as CSK took on Delhi Capitals. While Dhoni stayed unbeaten in the game against Delhi, scoring 30 off 26 balls, Chennai lost by 25 runs. Dhoni addressed talk about his retirement in the podcast, but also reflected on his early life. In an interview with Raj Shamani, Dhoni has gone down memory lane to talk about his childhood in Ranchi. He explained how he was afraid of his father as a kid and why he never felt insecure as a child. Story continues below this ad ...

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5Apr By source belowNo Comments

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MS Dhoni’s IPL future: Vexed Chepauk becomes epicentre of speculations, from captaincy talks to retirement questions

For a Chennai Super Kings faithful, Saturday began with the anticipation of seeing MS Dhoni leading their team once again, then turned into an anxious wait following speculations of his retirement, before it ended with a familiar feeling of disenchantment.Even as they succumbed to another defeat this season, this time to Delhi Capitals, the afternoon was dominated by the guesswork around Dhoni’s retirement. While this has been a subject of speculation for a while, the presence of Dhoni’s parents and extended family at the Madras Cricket Club enclosure on Saturday only fuelled the retirement talks. So much so that even Abhinav Mukund and Aakash Chopra, while speculating around the 43-year-old’s future during the mid-innings break, told JioHotstar: “We will have answers soon.” Story con...

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5Apr By source belowNo Comments

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MS Dhoni parents Pan Singh, Devaki Devi in attendance for IPL 2025 CSK vs DC match at Chepauk

MS Dhoni’s entire family, including his wife, daughter, and parents, were in attendance for Saturday’s Indian Premier League 2025 match between the Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Dhoni was expected to lead CSK after Ruturaj Gaikwad sustained an injury during the match against the Rajasthan Royals. However, as it turned out, Gaikwad was fit and available for the match and he led the side. However, the match on Saturday became extra special for Dhoni, when his parents — father Pan Singh and mother Devaki Devi — arrived at the stadium to watch the first IPL game since their son’s association with CSK began in 2008. Dhoni’s wife Sakshi and daughter Ziva too were in attendance, though they often attend IPL matches at Chennai. Story continue...

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4Apr By source belowNo Comments

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‘Dhoni is like my father… my cricketing father’: Matheesha Pathirana in CSK documentary

Matheesha Pathirana has called Mahendra Singh Dhoni his ‘cricketing father’ in a new documentary for the Chennai Super Kings franchise, which was released recently. The Sri Lankan cricketer and his parents gushed about the Dhoni effect on his rise in the documentary. Pathirana has been with CSK since he was signed as Adam Milne’s replacement during IPL 2022. He was also one of the players the storied franchise opted to retain ahead of the IPl 2025 auctions. “Dhoni is like my father, because of the support and the mentorship and the guidance he is giving me when I’m in CSK,” Pathirana said. “It’s very similar to what my father did in my home. That’s why I consider Dhoni my cricketing father.” Story continues below this ad “No words for MS Dhoni. He is the real God. How Math...

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1Apr By source belowNo Comments

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IPL 2025, CSK vs DC: Online tickets sale to begin on April 2

Hawkers selling Chennai Super Kings T-Shirts, Ribbon and caps to CSK supporters to cheer the team seen outside the M.A.Chidambaram stadium, in Chennai. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam The online ticket sale for the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals, to be played at MAC Stadium on April 5 (3.30 p.m.), will begin at 10.15 a.m. on Wednesday (April 2) on www.chennaisuperkings.com .Only two tickets will be issued per person. Entry gates will open at 1.30 p.m. on match day.The TNCA has also identified limited seats in the ‘I’ lower stand for physically challenged patrons requiring wheelchair access.Car and two-wheeler parking will be available at Kalaivanar Arangam, PWD (opp. V. Pattabirama...

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31Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Rajasthan Royals ring more alarm bells for Chennai Super Kings

A romantic ending glimmered in the Guwahati skies. The probability of MS Dhoni turning the clock back and finishing the game with vintage swagger lurked. Needing 20 off the final over, Dhoni in pugnacious mood with 16 from 10 balls, nervous excitement soaked the stadium and the minds of the audience. But in pure anticlimax, he perished in the first legal ball of the over. Despite the strikes of Jamie Overton, Chennai Super Kings fell six runs short of Rajasthan Royals’ score of 182, thus handing out their opponents the first win of the season. Hangman Hasaranga Wanindu Hararanga exudes a monkish calm in the direst of situations. Where lesser-willed men sense danger, he sniffs an opportunity; when the tide seems to turn against him, he merely decides to change the course of the current hims...

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30Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Indian Premier League 2025, IPL season 18: Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati on March 30, 2025

Rajasthan Royals’ Nitish Rana plays a shot during the IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings in Guwahati on March 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Nitish Rana showcased his big-hitting prowess with a scintillating 36-ball-81 but Chennai Super Kings bowlers made a spectacular comeback during the back-end to restrict Rajasthan Royals to a manageable 182 for 9 in an IPL match in Guwahati on Sunday (March 30, 2025).Promoted to number 3, left-handed Nitish dominated the CSK bowlers smashing 10 boundaries and 5 sixes, after Rajasthan Royals were asked to bat first by CSK.Skipper Riyan Parag (37), playing in front of his home crowd, hit couple of fours and as many sixes, but his innings lacked fluency as ...

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29Mar By source belowNo Comments

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‘We are f***ing Chennai!’: When R Ashwin revealed George Bailey as creator of unique CSK team song

Former India off-spinner R Ashwin is relishing his time back at home with a warm return to the Chennai Super Kings during the IPL 2025 season. In many ways, the Tamil Nadu tweaker has CSK to thank for unearthing and offering him a platform to take his cricketing exploits to the next level. Within a year of making his IPL debut in 2009 under MS Dhoni, Ashwin was out in the India blues representing the country. Returning to the franchise at Rs 9.75 crore signing at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction in Jeddah last year, Ashwin said the changes within the CSK set-up are negligible when compared to other sides. Reflecting on his switch from the Rajasthan Royals after a three-year stint and the CSK reunion on his YouTube channel, Ashwin said: “I always tell that ‘change is the only constant’. In several...

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29Mar By source belowNo Comments

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IPL 2025: RCB end 17-year wait to win in Chennai, thrash CSK by 50 runs

IPL 2025, CSK vs RCB SYNOPSIS: Having returned empty-handed from Chepauk since 2008, Royal Challengers Bengaluru put up a clinical show to decimate Chennai Super Kings. One year ago, at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, they dumped CSK out of the play-offs while reigniting a lopsided rivalry. On Friday, at MA Chidambaram Stadium, they tasted success against their Southern rivals for the first time since 2008. While the head-to-head read 22-11 in favour of CSK before this game, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium it was 8-1 in favour of the five-time champions. On Friday, RCB would finally put an end to that winless streak, and they did it in some style too. To silence Chepauk is one thing, but to walk out of the stadium with chants of “RCB, RCB” hanging in the air shows the dominant performance they p...

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28Mar By source belowNo Comments

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‘Absolute cinema… we forgot about match situation’: R Ashwin reveals what happened when Dhoni walked in to bat vs Mumbai

Ahead of the Chennai Super Kings’ crunch clash against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday at the Chepauk, CSK bowler Ravichandran Ashwin revealed the scenes in the dressing room from the previous Indian Premier League 2025 game when Mahendra Singh Dhoni had walked in to bat against the Mumbai Indians with the game on the line. Ashwin was padded up and ready to walk into bat if needed after Dhoni. At that stage CSK had needed just four runs to win when Ravindra Jadeja was dismissed after a run out involving Rachin Ravindra. Dhoni walked out to bat in the 19th over to join Rachin Ravindra, leading to an explosion of noise at the Chepauk. “When MS Dhoni came out to bat in Chennai, there was so much noise and chaos that we forgot the situation of the game only. MS Dhoni has earned the...

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27Mar By source belowNo Comments

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IPL 2025: Pathirana recovering from injury, set to miss Chennai vs Bengaluru match

After missing out on Chennai Super Kings’ inaugural match of the Indian Premier League 2025 against Mumbai Indians, Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana has also been ruled out of CSK’s encounter against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, head coach Stephen Fleming confirmed on Thursday. CSK will take on arch-rivals RCB at their home ground at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday for a high-octane clash. “He is recovering,” said Fleming on the eve of the CSK vs RCB match. While the details of his injury are yet to be known, Suresh Raina did mention to the official broadcasters during Chennai’s match against Mumbai that the Sri Lankan is sustaining an injury. Story continues below this ad Pathirana was impressive for Chennai last season before he was ruled out midway thro...

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24Mar By source belowNo Comments

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CSK vs MI: Super Kings return to familiar ploy as trio of tweakers take down Mumbai

Chennai Super Kings’ plan to fall back on the spin formula works as Noor Ahmad’s 4/18 chokes Mumbai Indians on way to 4-wicket winWith Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra and Rahul Tripathi in the squad, Chennai had a decision to make regarding their openers. With Tripathi mostly batting at No.3 in the past, it looked Rachin and Ruturaj Gaikwad would be the opening pair. But coming out for the chase of 156, Chennai sprung a surprise, as Tripathi walked out with Rachin – the pair were the preferred choice in the practice matches with Gaikwad dropped to No 3. It was a bold call, for the right-hander is known to get off the blocks slowly. Coming out in the second over after Tripathi’s dismissal, it was Gaikwad who took the limelight with his crisp shots as Rachin struggled with his timing. Sto...

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23Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Most IPL ducks: Rohit Sharma equals unwanted record with his 18th zero in CSK vs MI IPL 2025 match

Mumbai Indians opener Rohit Sharma equalled the unwanted record of listing the most ducks in Indian Premier League history during the IPL 2025 match against Chennai Super Kings at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Opening the batting for Mumbai, Rohit fell for a three-ball duck in his first T20 outing since India’s T20 World Cup 2024 final against South Africa in Barbados last year. Rohit’s duck was his 18th in the IPL, putting him level with Dinesh Karthik and Glenn Maxwell for the dubious record of most IPL ducks. The 37-year-old Rohit also has the most ducks among all Indian T20 batters. Story continues below this ad Rohit, who made his T20 debut in 2007, has been dismissed for a blob 31 times in his 449 match career. Most IPL ducks 18* – Rohit Sharma18...

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21Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Indian Premier League 2025: Full squads and full schedule; Chennai super kings, Kolkata knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians and more

New rules and new captains will be in focus but the razzmatazz will be pretty much the same when the 18th Indian Premier League kicks off in Kolkata on Saturday (March 22, 2025) with defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders taking on perennial underachievers Royal Challengers Bengaluru amid a looming threat of rain.There is plenty to look forward in the league. Among the most prominent rule changes is the lifting of saliva ban. For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, bowlers will be allowed to use it to shine the ball. We give below the full list of the participating squadsKolkata Knight Riders: Ajinkya Rahane, Rinku Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Luvnity Sisodia, Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Mooen Ali, Ramandeep ...

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19Mar By source belowNo Comments

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Thanks to IPL, New Zealand cleared the final frontier

The final frontier is now the familiar frontier. It’s still daunting, but no longer impregnable. The variegated hues of pitches in the subcontinent still intrigue the visiting teams, but they no longer intimidate them. The interpretation is shrewder, the approach is sharper, and the fear is waning. So much so that sometimes they nullify the devils of the 22 yards more competently than the Indian batsmen, their spin game, specifically, diminished. *In 10 expeditions to India, spread over nearly half a century, New Zealand bowlers had mustered only seven five-wicket hauls ever. In the next two, in the span of three years, they matched the haul, and inevitably whitewashed India in their last encounter. Even if the growing frequency of tours is accounted for, credits due to WTC cycles, and the...

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15Mar By source belowNo Comments

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‘MS Dhoni’s reading of angles is out of the world’: Venkatesh Iyer recounts former CSK captain’s plan that got him out in IPL 2023

While MS Dhoni may have left his captaincy days behind him, Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer described an incident of the Chennai Super Kings talisman’s leadership acumen from his last season as the franchise’s skipper in 2023. The 30-year-old Iyer, who reunited with KKR during the IPL 2025 mega auction last November with a hefty price tag of Rs 23.75 crore, recounted Dhoni’s moment of “real captaincy” that left him gobsmacked during a CSK-KKR tie in Chennai. After Dhoni made a subtle adjustment in the field during KKR’s modest 145-run chase at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, the former India captain prevailed in setting up Iyer’s wicket off the very next ball, with Ravindra Jadeja holding onto a catch near the short-third position off Deepak Chahar’s bowling. Story contin...

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5Feb By source belowNo Comments

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If Astrology Decided Your IPL Team – Are You CSK, MI, or RCB – The Times of India

Cricket might be a game of skill, but if astrology had a say, each zodiac sign would already have a designated IPL team. Some bring consistency, some thrive in chaos, and some just keep breaking hearts.Chennai Super Kings (CSK) – The Experienced WarriorsLeo – Born leaders who thrive under pressure. Just like CSK, they believe in experience, legacy, and never-say-die attitude. They shine in crunch moments and carry a fanbase that worships them.Taurus – Stable, consistent, and unbothered by trends. They believe in sticking to their strengths, much like CSK’s method of relying on seasoned players rather than flashy experiments.Capricorn – The disciplined planners who value hard work over hype. They know that patience and long-term vision win championships, just like CSK’s approach to team-bui...

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