IPL 2023 will start from March 31. This time IPL season 16 will be played. All the teams are busy preparing before the start of the season. This season, fans are paying more attention to Chennai Super Kings led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This is believed to be Dhoni’s last IPL. Meanwhile, former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said that the love of Chennai people for Mahendra Singh Dhoni is unbelievable.
Sunil Gavaskar talked about the people of Chennai and Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He said, “The love of Chennai people for Mahendra Dhoni is amazing.” This time, the IPL will have a home and away format, in which the teams will play the same number of matches on their home and away grounds. Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium is the home ground of CSK. In such a situation, the people of Chennai are looking forward to watching Dhoni play at home. The first match of IPL will be played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. Though this match will be held at Ahmedabad Stadium.
In the last season i.e. IPL 2022, Chennai Super Kings appeared in very poor condition. CSK finished the tournament staying in ninth position. The team won only 4 of 14 matches. Chennai was the second worst team in the tournament.
Dhoni is the second most successful captain in IPL history so far. Under his captaincy, he has given CSK four titles so far. Dhoni has played a total of 234 matches in his IPL career so far. In 206 innings of these matches, he has scored 4978 runs at an average of 39.2 and a strike rate of 135.2. Dhoni has scored 24 half centuries in this. At the same time, 346 fours and 229 sixes have come out of his bat.
