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Chennai Super Kings connected Sunday kick-started its pre-season campy up of the 19th variation of the Indian Premier League.
The five-time champion is grooming astatine the team’s High Performance Centre successful Navalur nether adjunct manager Rajiv Kumar and adjunct bowling manager S. Sriram.
On Saturday, skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad and erstwhile skipper M.S. Dhoni arrived successful the city. The different players who person checked successful see Ayush Mhatre, Urvil Patel, Mukesh Choudhary, and Prashant Veer. The existent contingent includes lone Indian players, with the overseas recruits acceptable to articulation aboriginal this month. Head manager Stephen Fleming and bowling manager Eric Simons are expected to get by March 16.
Since its 5th rubric successful 2023 nether Dhoni’s leadership, CSK has had 2 forgettable seasons, failing to suffice for the playoffs. While Super Kings narrowly missed retired connected qualification successful 2024, the broadside finished astatine the bottommost past year, winning conscionable 4 matches.
Prior to the subordinate auction past year, the Chennai outfit made 1 of the biggest moves successful the commercialized window, signing wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson from Rajasthan Royals. In return, all-rounders Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran were traded to Royals. In that light, 2026 is simply a pivotal twelvemonth for the Men successful Yellow.
There is heightened speculation that it could beryllium Dhoni’s past play arsenic a player. If that is the case, the squad would privation to springiness its icon a fitting farewell.
