In IPL 16 today (April 17), Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore teams will go head to head. This match between the two will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore starting at 7:30 p.m. Ahead of this match, the question remains as to the availability of Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni is struggling with a knee injury. The fans hope that in this match played against RCB, Dhoni will take charge of Team Chennai. Chennai CEO Kashi Vishwanath has also expressed hope that Dhoni will play.
Kashi Vishwanathan told the PTI news agency: “I don’t think he will miss the match, but we will have to wait.” Earlier on March 17, after the game played against Rajasthan Royals, Dhoni was seen reeling. In the match played against Rajasthan, Dhoni scored an unbeaten 32 runs off 17 balls. Although he couldn’t beat his team.
Aside from Dhoni, many other players in the team are also struggling with injuries. This includes the team’s star fast bowlers Deepak Chahar and Sisanda Magala. Magala has been out of the team for almost two weeks. Aside from this, the star of the team, Ben Stokes, will also be able to regain his full fitness by the end of the month.
Significantly, in IPL 2023, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has appeared in excellent form so far. He has played some brilliant late innings for the team. Now Dhoni has come back unbeaten 2 times in the three innings played. Dhoni scored 14* in the first match against Gujarat, 12 in the second match against Lucknow and 32* in the match against Rajasthan.