The 2023 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on March 31 in Ahmedabad, with the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) taking on the defending champions Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Gujarat’s capital city. The upcoming edition is highly anticipated because it may be CSK captain MS Dhoni’s final season. While there has been no official confirmation, there is widespread suspicion that the former Indian captain may retire from the IPL after the 2023 season.
Mumbai Indians (MI) and Team India captain Rohit Sharma recently talked about Dhoni’s IPL future and gave his thoughts. “I’ve been hearing for the last 2-3 years that this is going to be MS Dhoni’s last season. I think he is fit enough to play a few more seasons,” Rohit said during MI’s pre-season press conference.
Meanwhile, Royal Challengers Bangalore head coach Sanjay Bangar expressed his thoughts on Dhoni’s replacement at CSK, saying, “As far as his successor is concerned, that’s something the team management and his himself would have thought about. There are some good additions to the team. Even in terms of international players, they have Devon Conway and Ben Stokes. So there are a couple of leadership candidates but it all boils down to with time when he wants to pass on the baton. I am sure, once he hangs on his boots, he would still be participating with CSK in some role or the other.”
CSK will open the IPL 2023 season against Hardik Pandya and the company. After IPL 2019. They will then host their first game, after IPL 2019, taking on the KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the iconic MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.
IPL 2023: CSK Complete Squad
MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma
