Former India player Aakash Chopra said that MS Dhoni promoting himself up the order might be one of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) plans in IPL 2024. However, Dhoni played only 57 balls across 12 innings in IPL 2023, scoring 104 runs which came at an outstanding strike rate of 182.45. However, he was bothered by a knee injury and had to undergo surgery after the tournament.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said: “They keep building. They are not a team that suddenly starts playing big shots with a top-heavy batting lineup. Dhoni’s template of cricket is to take the game deep and then finish it well. Finishing is very important for this team because they always build towards that finish. If you see the last final as well, that was the case. They used the players very well last year and will do that this year as well. Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane and Daryl Mitchell might be moved up and down the order. MS Dhoni might himself come to bat up the order this time because the knee is better.”

However, he has reportedly fully recovered from his knee injury and has already started practising for IPL 2024 as well. On the bowling front, Aakash Chopra expects Deepak Chahar to be looking for wickets with the new ball.

“They go according to the pitch, which every team should do. They plan meticulously, just like chess players. When you come out of the Chennai dressing room, the pitch on the right turns more, and the pitch on the left is flat and the ball comes nicely onto the bat. So when the opposing team does not have spin, they go to the spinning pitch. When they want to score runs at the start with the bat, they go to the batting pitch. So they have the options and they use them very well. It is a part of their strategy,” Aakash Chopra concluded.