The players of Chennai Super Kings team are seen practicing vigorously before the start of the IPL 2024 season. This also includes the name of CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose old form was seen during the same practice at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Dhoni was seen playing big shots against his team’s bowlers in practice. Chennai Super Kings team has to play its first match in the 17th season of IPL on March 22 against Royal Challengers Bangalore team at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The way Dhoni was seen practicing in the nets before this match, it is being considered no less than a warning for all the other teams.
Helicopter shot during practice
While Mahendra Singh Dhoni is counted among the best finisher players in world cricket, he is also known for his helicopter shot. After saying goodbye to international cricket, Dhoni has been seen playing in IPL only. At the same time, before the upcoming IPL season, when Dhoni was playing big shots against CSK’s young fast bowler Rajvardhan Hungergekar in the nets, in which he also played a helicopter shot and it fell straight into the stands, the video of which is now on social media. It is going viral. Dhoni could not perform well with the bat in the last IPL season, the biggest reason behind which was his knee injury, for which he later underwent surgery. Now Dhoni is fully fit for this season and is ready to return to the field again.
Dhoni has had an excellent record against RCB so far
If we look at Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record against Royal Challengers Bangalore, his bat has been seen speaking very well. Dhoni has scored 839 runs against RCB in 34 matches at an average of 39.95, which is his highest score against any team in the IPL so far. Dhoni’s strike rate against RCB is also excellent which is 140.77. Dhoni played 4 half-century innings against RCB and returned to the pavilion unbeaten 11 times.
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