Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings are coming back to their home turf for their match against Lucknow Super Giants
After a gap of exactly 1426 days, MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings will be playing at their home turf, Chepauk today for the match against Lucknow Super Giants. The last match that Chennai Super Kings played at Chepauk was on May 7, 2019, against Mumbai Indians.
The Four-time Champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are all set to go against the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) for match no. six of the Indian Premier League 2024 at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai today i.e. April 3, 2024. Chennai lost their opening match to Gujarat Titans and would be looking forward to winning at their home ground with a full house of Yellow Army.
Although they ended up being on the losing end, the performance shown by the youngsters of the team was remarkable. Ruturaj Gaikwad showcased his batting ability in the opening match and became the first batter to score a half-century in the IPL 2024. The uncapped debutant, Rajvardhan Hangargekar also impressed everyone by taking three wickets in the match. Chennai Super Kings would be looking for their big names to step up and put their marquee performance in the upcoming home game to get on the winning track.
Meanwhile, Lucknow Super Giants started their campaign with a great triumph over Delhi Capitals this season, they would be looking forward to keeping the winning momentum going to enter the playoffs this season too. Their overall performance which included Kyle Mayers’s 73-run innings and Mark Wood’s exceptional fifer led them to become the first-ever team to win an IPL game at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium.
Chennai Super Kings had a rough season last year wherein they finished ninth in the Points Tally. The Super Kings faced their worst-ever season with just 4 wins and 10 defeats in the total of 14 matches in the last year’s IPL. They would be overjoyed now that the tournament is back to its home-and-away format after three long years and would be looking to make the most out of it.
Chennai Super Kings boast about their winning percentile at their home turf (Chepauk) which is 79% and every opponent team will be on their guard while entering the den of these Chennai Lions. Chennai Super Kings Skipper MS Dhoni has some amazing IPL stats at the home ground, he is yet to be dismissed at Chepauk whenever he came to bat and has scored 193 runs in just 4 innings at a strike rate of 161 at their home ground in 2019. He has scored a total of 1363 runs at Chepauk which is the most runs by Dhoni at a single venue while playing in the IPL.
Chennai Super Kings and their Yellow Army is a match made in heaven, even if one can take Chennai out of Super Kings but they can’t take their fans out of Super Kings. For the love of their fans and their safe travel to the stadiums and out, Chennai Super Kings has partnered with Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) for IPL 2024 to enhance the fans’ convenience and experience during the home matches at no additional costs, just the QR Code of the Match Ticket is enough.
CMRL also said that they would be arranging the feeder (Shuttle) bus service from Government Estate Metro Station to the M.A Chidambaram stadium to save the time of fans. They would also be extending their Metro rail services for 90 minutes to ensure the safe travel of the fans back to their homes.
Chennai Super Kings Probable Playing 11:
MS Dhoni © (WK), Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Shivam Dubey, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Rajvardhan Hangargekar
Lucknow Super Giants Probable Playing 11:
Nicholas Pooran (WK), Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, KL Rahul ©, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Aayush Badoni, Avesh Khan, Mark Wood, Ravi Bishnoi, Jaydev Unadkat
