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MS Dhoni turned the clock back with a superlative half-century in the first match of IPL 2022, but his beloved Chennai Super Kings (CSK) went down to Kolkata Knight Riders. A top order collapse meant Dhoni and captain Ravindra Jadeja had to bide their time before going for the big hits, but the former India captain's return to run scoring form will be a huge relief for the camp.
Newcomers Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will face Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in match 7 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Both teams started their season with a defeat, and will look to bounce back with a win. While LSG were beaten by fellow-IPL debutant Gujarat Titans, CSK went down to the Kolkata Knight Riders in the season opener. LSG had a disastrous outing with the bat, but Deepak Hooda and Ayush Badoni salvaged some pride for the KL Rahul-led side. Ravindra Jadeja, who replaced MS Dhoni as the captain of CSK, will hope for better luck this time around.
Chennai Super Kings batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni bailed his team out from a precarious position with a superb 50 not out against Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening match of the IPL 2022. Dhoni added 70 runs for the sixth wicket alongwith the new skipper Ravindra Jadeja to take CSK to a respectable total of 131/5.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batter Ambati Rayudu was on the receiving end of some extremely good fortune as he managed to get a boundary off an inside edge that actually hit the stumps. In the sixth over of CSK's first match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022, Rayudu tried to hit a slog sweep off Varun Chakravarthy. However, he only managed a thin inside edge, which deflected the ball on to his leg stump. The ball grazed the stump and ran away for four, and Rayudu got lucky as the bails bounced up momentarily before settling back on top of the stumps.
Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) newly appointed skipper Ravindra Jadeja expressed disappointment after his side lost to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the season opener of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 on Saturday. CSK VS KKR: AS IT HAPPENEDAjinkya Rahane's knock of 44 runs put Mahendra Singh Dhoni's half-century in vain as KKR claimed a six-wicket victory over CSK here at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. "Dew will be the vital part in this edition. If you win the toss, you will look to bowl first. The wicket was a little damp in the first 6-7 overs and then it came on nicely in the back end of the innings. We were trying to take the game deep. Everybody bowled well given the dew. Bravo bowled very well," said Jadeja in a post-match presentation.
Chennai Super Kings' (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming on Saturday said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni relinquishing captaincy of the IPL team this year was not a sudden decision as it was "talked about" during the last season. Fleming, however, said the timing of stepping down from CSK captaincy was left to Dhoni. "We have talked about it. It is something MS talked about with me during last season. The timing was, though, his call," Fleming said at the virtual post-match press conference after CSK lost to Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in the IPL lung-opener. CSK vs KKR: AS IT HAPPENEDAfter twelve seasons, four title triumphs and five runner-up finishes later, the iconic Dhoni on Thursday decided to hand over the captaincy of CSK to his trusted lieutenant, Ravindra Jadeja. In a brief statement, CSK had said that the 40-year-old will continue to represent the franchise for the "season and beyond", having led one of the most successful IPL sides since the tournament's inception in 2008 -- barring the two seasons when the team was suspended in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal.
Two Test specialists who were T20 hot property more than a decade ago and one retired 40-year-old part-time Team India mentor held sway as Kolkata Knight Riders started off with a six-wicket victory. Umesh Yadav was a late pick for KKR from the auctions, Ajinkya Rahane went for base price and MS Dhoni has just relinquished his final official leadership role - captaincy of CSK. But the Saturday fare at Wankhede was all about these three.
Shreyas Iyer started his stint as captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders with a victory over defending champions Chennai Super Kings.