MS Dhoni Misses Only 4th IPL Game for CSK, Raina Captains vs SRH
MS Dhoni has rested for the game against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Chennai Super Kings are playing without their skipper MS Dhoni in the away game against Sunrisers Hyderabad tonight.
In Dhoni’s absence, Suresh Raina was named the stand-in captain and he won the toss, electing to bat first at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Dhoni was seen playing football with the team before the toss but elected to sit out of the game as a precautionary measure after suffering back spasm during the team’s last outing. Chennai made two changes to their squad with Dhoni and Mitchell Santner being replaced by Sam Billings and Karn Sharma.
On the other hand for SRH, Yusuf Pathan and Shahbaz Nadeem have come in for Abhishek Sharma and Ricky Bhui in the playing eleven.
Dhoni has missed only three matches in his time with the Chennai Super Kings. In his absence, the team won one and lost two of the fixtures.
Dhoni has been in good form for Chennai Super Kings in the 2019 IPL, leading the team's run chart with 230 runs from eight matches, including two fifties.
CSK, who have won seven out of their eight matches in this Indian Premier League so far, need another win to secure a play-off berth.
SRH have lost four matches already this season and entered this game on the back of three successive losses.
Sunrisers Hyderabad XI: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, , Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Yusuf Pathan, Deepak Hooda, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaaz Nadeem
Chennai Super Kings XI: Faf du Plessis, Shane Watson, Suresh Raina (Capt), Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir
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