Cricket and Soul

  “We’ll come back strong, that’s what we are known for. This has been a tough year” -MS Dhoni(2020) Chennai Super Kings which is one of the most successful teams of the Indian Premier League is trying to comeback after their horrendous last season and it looks like the Kings are back. CSK has won their last 5 matches and it seems like we are watching the vintage CSK. The last season of IPL was not a memorable one for CSK as it was for the first time that they did not qualify for the playoffs and ended at seventh position. This year Chennai fans were expecting a strong comeback from their favourite franchise and CSK has not let them down. CSK has played their last 5 games like a boss and won them one sided. All the players have been contributing and are playing like a single unit. With the return of Suresh Raina, CSK’s batting lineup seems to be rock solid. Both the openers, Faf and Ruturaj are in good form and are giving the team a good start in the last few games. Moeen Ali is ...

  The  match no.12 of Indian Premier League will be played on April 19th at the Wankhede Stadium between the three time champions Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals who were the maiden winners of IPL. Chennai Super Kings- If we look at Chennai’s side,they seem to be a strong opponent. The team won its last match against Punjab Kings quite easily. After their first match of this season which did not end in the way they wanted it to, their bowling attack was being considered a poor one but in their last match it was their bowlers who won them those two points. Chennai would be expecting another great bowling performance from the man of the match of that game; Deepak Chahar who bowled a remarkable spell and took 4 important wickets. Chennai’s bowling was magnificent against PBKS but the performance of  Shardul Thakur who is a wicket taking  bowler of the team was not that effective. But I guess MSD will give another chance to the Indian Bowler as he was in a grea...

  The 2nd match of IPL 2021 will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals today(10th April) at Wankhede Stadium. Both the teams would be looking for a good start. Chennai Super Kings Last season of IPL was a nightmare for the franc hise as it was for the first time that they did not qualify for the play-offs and ended the season at seventh position. So this time MS Dhoni led CSK will be trying to prove that 2020 was just an exceptional year.Last year who this franchise missed the most was Suresh Raina but this year he is back and will be trying to prove his form in the tournament. Apart form Raina, CSK also brought Robin Uthappa, Chetashwar Pujara, Moeen Ali, Faf Du Plesis, etc. which has strengthened the middle order of the team. CSK also has players like Faf Du Plesis, Ambati Rayadu,Ruturaj Gaikwad who can play big innings for the team. The franchise also has big hitters like Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni and Sam Curran who can change the whole game in just a few ball...