Chennai Tremendous Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni gained the toss and elected to bat in opposition to Gujarat Titans of their Indian Premier League match on Sunday, in what might doubtlessly be his final match within the T20 league. Talking to Ravi Shastri on the time of the toss, Dhoni answered some tough questions round his bodily well-being, potential to play cricket on the age of 43. Whereas Shastri did not straight ask if this might be Dhoni’s last season within the IPL, the CSK icon determined to drop a touch himself.
“My physique is surviving. Yearly is a brand new problem. It wants quite a lot of upkeep. It’s the final stage of my profession. Did not bother me sufficient after I was enjoying worldwide cricket,” Dhoni mentioned after profitable the toss and opting to bat first.
Whereas Dhoni did not particularly say if he would return to play for CSK subsequent season, he did admit to be within the last stage.
“It (pitch) appears to be like good and arduous, suppose it’s going to stay the identical all through the 40 overs. It is fairly sizzling, appears to be like like an excellent monitor. It is (his physique) surviving. Yearly is a brand new problem. It wants quite a lot of upkeep. Did not bother me sufficient after I was enjoying worldwide cricket. Chennai may be very good after 3.30-4pm, it is a totally different warmth, on the drier aspect. We’re final within the desk, we’ll nonetheless stay final, if win or lose. Have to take pleasure in our cricket. We have now one change. Hooda is again for Ashwin. They’re an excellent aspect, they play genuine cricket. Have to bowl tight strains, in any other case the batters will punish you,” when requested concerning the staff and the pitch, Dhoni revealed that Deepak Hooda has are available in for Ravichandran Ashwin.
A victory is essential on this contest for GT, who’ve 18 factors from 13 matches up to now with 9 wins, as it’s going to assist them guarantee a top-two end for the IPL playoffs.
For CSK, will probably be one more alternative to check the younger expertise.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill (c), Jos Buttler (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Gerald Coetzee, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Arshad Khan, Prasidh Krishna.
Chennai Tremendous Kings: Ayush Mhatre, Devon Conway, Urvil Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dube, Deepak Hooda, MS Dhoni (c&wk), Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.
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