The captain of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), MS Dhoni unveiled the team’s new jersey for the upcoming 14th edition of the cash-rich league. CSK posted a video on social media in which Dhoni is seen unpacking the new jersey from a box and presenting it to the fans.
Captioning the video on Twitter, CSK wrote: “Thala Dharisanam! #WearOnWhistleOn with the all-new #Yellove! #WhistlePodu.” CSK will play their first match in IPL 2021 on April 10 against the Delhi Capitals (DC) in Mumbai. The three-time champions will aim to better their sixth-place finish in IPL 2020, a season where they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time.
Thala Dharisanam! #WearOnWhistleOn with the all new #Yellove! #WhistlePodu 💛🦁
🛒 – https://t.co/qS3ZqqhgGe pic.twitter.com/Gpyu27aZfL— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 24, 2021
MS Dhoni will be returning to competitive cricket after emphatically declaring before CSK’s last IPL 2020 match that the fixture was “definitely not” his last in the yellow jersey. CSK will also be bolstered by the return of Suresh Raina, who didn’t feature in the squad in the last season due to personal reasons.
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Raina arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday and is currently going through the mandatory quarantine. He posted his whereabouts in his Instagram stories. Dhoni, who had announced his retirement from international cricket in August 2020, didn’t have the best IPL with the bat last season as he managed 200 runs from 14 matches at a strike rate of 116.27 with no half-centuries.
IPL 2021 begins on April 9 with defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) locking horns with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai.
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Six venues have been chosen for the 14th edition of the league – Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, and Ahmedabad. None of the teams will play any of their games at their home venues. The playoffs and the May 30 final will be played in Ahmedabad.
