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Chennai Super Kings were beaten comprehensively by Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday as Rohit Sharma's team first bundled out Dhoni's men for 97 and then chased the target down in 14.5 overs. The loss meant CSK are not out of contention for a place in the play-offs, just like the Mumbai Indians. The two most successful IPL teams will now contest to avoid the wooden spoon this season.
Any hope of Chennai Super Kings reaching the IPL 2022 playoffs ended following their loss to bottom-placed Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Thursday night. MS Dhoni's team had a tough day in the office in Mumbai and nothing went in their favour from the toss itself. After losing the toss, and being put into bat, CSK lost five wickets in the powerplay overs. It all started with Devon Conway's dissmisal on the second ball of the match. The dismissal created a massive social media storm as many believed that the ball would have gone on to miss the stumps. On a normal day, the batter could have called upon the DRS and the correct decision would have been made. However, it was anything but a normal day for CSK.
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Chennai Super Kings on Thursday. Mumbai made two changes with Kieron Pollard and Murugan Ashwin being replaced by Tristan Stubbs and Hrithik Shokeen.
When Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants take the field against each other on Tuesday evening at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, spinner Rashid Khan will look to complete a huge milestone in his T20 career. The Gujarat Titans spinner is on the cusp of taking 450 wickets across all T20s and is just four wickets away from reaching the landmark. So far in the ongoing season, the spinner has taken 11 wickets at an average of 27.36.
MS Dhoni's words of wisdom from behind the stumps have helped many a bowlers. Players themselves have admitted in the past that Dhoni's inputs have helped them learn and become better. The CSK skipper is also known for some witty one-liners to his own teammates, be it while playing for India or Chennai Super Kings, some of which have been picked up by the stump mic. One such comment to Ravindra Jadeja during a Test match between India and New Zealand in 2014 had gone viral. On Sunday, Dhoni came up with another gem during CSK's comprehensive win over Delhi Capitals in an IPL 2022 match.
Chennai Super Kings have struggled for form this season, with just three wins in 10 matches. The franchise had a captaincy change mid-season, with MS Dhoni back as the skipper as Ravindra Jadeja stepped down. While they won the first match after that change against SunRisers Hyderabad, they suffered a defeat in their next game to Royal Challengers Bangalore. The defending champions next take on fifth-placed Delhi Capitals at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai in Sunday's second match as they look to keep alive their slim hopes of making it to the playoffs. Shivam Dube and Dwayne Bravo have missed out on the last two matches and while there is no word on Dube, Bravo is understood to have a niggle that has kept him out of the playing XI.
The bonhomie between players irrespective of the teams they are representing in IPL 2022 has been heartening to see. Another case of mutual respect being seen among players emerged after the Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings IPL 2022 clash on Wednesday. Two of the greatest in the league -- Virat Kohli and Dwayne Bravo -- were on opposing ends but that didn't stop the West Indian from hailing his rival and coming out in his support after what has been a lacklustre tournament so far for Kohli as per his lofty standards.
On the occasion of Eid, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) players got together to spend some time with their loved ones at their team hotel. In a video posted on the four-time IPL champions' social media pages stars like MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu and other can be seen indulging in food and other stuff. The family members of the cricketers also joined in and Dhoni, who is back as CSK captain after Ravindra Jadeja relinquished the top post, could be seen interacting with kids.