Chennai Super Kings are ready to return to IPL after a gap of two years.
MS Dhoni and his men at Chennai Super Kings are raring for the IPL 2018. Chennai Super Kings are ready to return to IPL action after a gap of two years. While the team worked hard to got back into the groove in training, they are also busy having loads of fun off the field.
Chennai Super Kings twitter handle on Friday posted a video of the players' shooting for a new commercial. The video, which stars MS Dhoni and other CSK players, shows the CSK captain dancing and celebrating with his teammates.
Dhoni has been the skipper of CSK for all eight seasons and the team saw its stars turn up for training including Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson and former Mumbai Indian Harbhajan Singh.
The 'boys in yellow' were shooting for a commercial.
The IPL 2018 opening match will see defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) take on two-time winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
CSK and Rajasthan Royals (RR) had to serve a two-year suspension over their officials' involvement in betting during the 2013 edition of the tournament. The 11th edition of the world's most popular and competitive T20 tournament will be played at nine venues across 51 days.
MS Dhoni is back leading the side after having played for the Rising Pune Supergiant in the previous two seasons.
Chennai were quick to retain Dhoni along with Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. However they will miss the services of another regular R Ashwin.
Chennai Super Kings focussed on experience in the IPL acuction- they have picked up veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Shane Watson, Imran Tahir and Faf du Plessis among others.
They have also managed to ratain one of their biggest signings- Dwayne Bravo.
They do have some young talents in form of Lungi Ngidi, Sam Billings and Mark Wood from overseas and Jagadeesan Narayan, Deepak Chahar, Asif KM, Dhruv Shorey and Monu Singh from the domestic circuit. However, they have been hit by injury to Mitchell Santner.
Here is the full Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2018:
MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Dwayne Bravo. Karn Sharma, Shane Watson, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Faf Du Plessis, Mark Wood, Sam Billings, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Lungisani Ngidi, Asif K M, N Jagadeesan, Kanishk Seth, Monu Singh, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi.
| Full list of Chennai Super Kings' schedule for IPL 2018 |
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| DATE |
OPPONENTS |
TIME |
VENUE |
| April 7 Saturday |
Mumbai Indians |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai |
| April 10 Tuesday |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| April 15 Sunday |
Kings XI Punjab |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
Holkar Stadium Indore |
| April 20 Friday |
Rajasthan Royals |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| April 22 Sunday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
04:00 pm IST 1030 hrs GMT |
Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Stadium, Hyderabad |
| April 25 Wednesday |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
| April 28 Saturday |
Mumbai Indians |
08:oo pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| April 30 Monday |
Delhi Daredevils |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| May 3 Thursday |
Kolkata Knight Riders |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
Eden Gardens Kolkata |
| May 5 Saturday |
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
04:00 pm IST 1030 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| May 11 Friday |
Rajasthan Royals |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| May 13 Sunday |
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| May 18 Friday |
Delhi Daredevils |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, New Delhi |
| May 20 Sunday |
Kings XI Punjab |
08:00 pm IST 1430 hrs GMT |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Where to watch Chennai Super Kings IPL 2018 matches:
The IPL 2018 will be telecast on the Star Sports network. They matches will be live streamed on Hotstar.com.
Where to get Chennai Super Kings IPL 2018 match tickets:
The tickets can be booked online at iplt20.com
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