The Indian Premier League 2025 match was a difficult outing for both Chennai Super Kings and his new captain MS Dhoni with eight wickets by Kolkata Knight Riders with 59 balls in the Indian Premier League 2025 match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
“These are quite a few nights that have not gone in our way. The challenge has been there and we have to accept the challenge,” Dhoni admitted that Ruturaj Gikawad has been made the CSK captain after being out of IPL 2025 due to a hairline fracture in his elbow.
After being invited to bat, Chennai scored its lowest total in Chepack and manage 103/9 in just 20 overs. “Today I felt that we did not have enough runs on the board. It has been a case there, when we bowled in the second innings, it stopped a little, today it was done in the first innings. When you lose a lot of wickets, there is pressure and it is difficult with quality spinners,” Dhoni said after the match.
CSK failed to build any major partnership throughout the game. His highest stand for the third wicket between Vijay Shankar and Rahul Tripathi was 43 runs, while the second largest for the last wicket was 24.
“We have never received any partnership and more partnership, application, application and we will recover. (What is important on getting only 31 in Powerplay), to see the circumstances, we have done the couples of the Games decenly, returned our strength and can play the shots you can play.” Dhoni said, “Dhoni said.
After starting with Tripathi and Rachin Ravindra, the management later paired with his New Zealand partner Dewon Conway. But united they have all failed to give Chennai a good start this season. “They are good openers, play authentic cricket shots, they measure or do not look to hit beyond the line. It is important not to be desperate by looking at the scorecard. If we start looking for 60 with our lineup it will be very difficult for us. Perhaps it will be very difficult for us. Capital in the middle and later if we lose wickets, then the wickets are lost.
Dhoni is the most successful captain in the IPL with five trophies under his belt with Rohit Sharma, who also won five IPL titles as the captain of Mumbai Indians.
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In their first game of the season, Chennai slipped for the fifth consecutive defeat in IPL 2025 by defeating Mumbai Indians by four wickets. With just two points of six matches and a negative 1.554 NRR, they sit down from the Sunrisers Hydebad to second from the second place.
