IPL fever is on now.With just few days to go for the commencement of 16th Indian premiere league,The excitement has been mounted to the maximum.
The first match of the 16th season of IPL will be played between defending champions Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings on March 31 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. A promo video shared by the Star sports networks creating buzz on the social media . The video features captain from both teams Gujarat team captain Hardik Pandya and Chennai super kings captain Ravindra Jadeja .
In this video, both players are standing in front of the fans of their respective teams and taking sarcasm at each other. Which fans are very fond of on social media. In the promo video of the first match released by Star Sports, Hardik Pandya reminds Ravindra Jadeja that the CSK team has a total of four winners, referring to Gujarat Titans as champions. In such a situation, Hardik is about to tell about his swag, then Jadeja whistles after hearing the word swag, and suddenly a glimpse of Mahendra Singh Dhoni appears and the fans make loud noises. In the end, Hardik accepts Jadeja’s challenge and says to give voice.
This could be the last IPL for Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The legend of the game can announce his retirement from every format of cricket after this season. CSK had a very disappointing performance in the year 2020, but the team returned in the next season and won the trophy in 2021. In such a situation, after the poor performance in 2022, it is expected that the CSK team can make a great comeback in the IPL.
CSK and GT Squad for IPL 2023:-
CSK Squad– MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangergekar, Dwayne Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matisha Pathirana, Simarjit Singh, Prashant Solanki, Mahesh Thikshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rashid, Nishant Sindhu, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Mandal, Bhagat Verma.
Gujarat Titans Squad – Hardik Pandya (Captain), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmed, Kane Williamson, Odion Smith, KS Bharath, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Joshua Little, and Mohit Sharma.