IPL 2023 can start in the last week of March or in the first week of April. MS Dhoni has also geared up for this league.
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Shubman Gill’s double century is being discussed all over the world. In the first ODI against New Zealand, Gill played an inning of 208 runs. He became the youngest batsman to score a double century. His fast-paced innings has spread all over the world. Amidst the discussion of this innings, suddenly MS Dhoni became famous. His 33-second video is becoming quite viral. Dhoni has started preparing for IPL 2023. Dhoni, the captain of the 4-time champion Chennai Super Kings, the second most successful team of the league, has geared up. The video of his practice is becoming quite viral on social media, in which he was seen going out in the nets and hitting a thunderous shot.
Less than 3 months are left for the start of IPL 2023 and Dhoni has also put full emphasis on it. The world’s biggest cricket league can start in the last week of March or in the first month of April. Dhoni captained CSK for 13 seasons. Although last season he handed over the command to Ravindra Jadeja, but in the middle of the season, Jadeja again gave the captaincy to Dhoni. It is also believed that IPL 2023 could be Dhoni’s last season and his effort is on getting Chennai the 5th title.
The preparation has started for MS Dhoni ahead of IPL 2023. pic.twitter.com/FUapARmL4P
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flop dhoni since 3rd season
The last 3 seasons of IPL were nothing special for Dhoni. He was a complete flop with the bat. In IPL 2020, he was able to score only 200 runs in 14 matches. In 2021, 114 runs came out of his bat in 16 matches. Whereas last season, 232 runs came out of Dhoni’s bat in 14 matches. CSK won the last title in 2021. Where Kolkata Knight Riders were defeated in the final.
Chennai strengthened by the arrival of Stokes
The performance of Chennai Super Kings in the next season i.e. 2022 after winning the fourth title was very disappointing and the team finished ninth. This season the team is preparing to return. This season, Deepak Chahar is also going to return to the team, who could not play last season due to injury. Not only this, the team has also become very strong with the arrival of English all-rounder Ben Stokes. Stokes was bought by Chennai in the mini auction for Rs 16.25 crore.