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New Delhi: MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings fans turned Ekana Stadium yellow ahead of the Lucknow Super Giants vs CSK IPL 2024 match. This is CSK’s IPL 2024 first outing in Lucknow. Fans are following their favorite MS Dhoni as this will likely to be his last IPL match as a player.
CSK pacer Deepak Chahar shared a video from his social media account where a large number of fans gather outside the stadium to get a glimpse of their favorite ‘Thala’ here is the clip.
Instagram story of Deepak Chahar from Lucknow stadium.
– The Craze for CSK & Dhoni. 🥶 pic.twitter.com/VzGaaYCsnB
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 19, 2024
Defending champions CSK are currently on number three in the points table and on the other hand, KL Rahul-led Lucknow are currently fifth in the tally.
At this point of time, both LSG and CSK have reached the venue for the 34th match of the tournament.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming provided a major update on frontline pacer Deepak Chahar’s injury status, saying he warming the sidelines with a ‘minor’ niggle and will be back in action soon.
The five-time IPL champions will take on Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in the 34th match of the Indian Premier League at the Ekana Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Speaking at the pre-match press conference, Fleming, a former Kiwi all-format skipper, said Chahar was well and truly on the recovery road and presently going through his rehabilitation phase.
The head coach, for good measure, reminded the media persons that 32-year-old bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur, who came in as a like-for-like replacement for Chhahar in Chennai’s previous match against the Mumbai Indians (MI), fared well.
“He is doing his rehabs well. It was a minor injury nothing to worry about. Shardul Thakur bowled well in the last match against Mumbai so we opted to give time to Chahar to recover well,” said Fleming on Chahar at the pre-match press conference.
Earlier, on Sunday, Thakur, replacing Chahar in the playing eleven, failed to pick up wickets but did manage to put a leash on the scoring rate, conceding just 35 runs in his full quota of four overs.
CSK will go into Friday’s game on the back of a victory over the Mumbai Indians (MI) by 20 runs. Led by Ruturaj Gaikwad, the Chennai franchise currently stands third in the IPL 2024 standings with 8 points, with 4 wins out of 6 games.
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