Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni and a few of his teammates were recently seen enjoying themselves in a game of footvolley on Monday. As the Indian Premier League (IPL) will take place later this month, the franchise is in Surat for a pre-season training camp ahead of the cash-rich league. Apart from Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, C Hari Nishaanth and Tushar Deshpande have started their practice after having completed their quarantine.
However, on Monday, the social media handle of CSK shared a video of Dhoni and a few other players where they can be seen taking part in a game of footvolley as well. The franchise shared the clip with the caption: “Namma Special Footvolley segment is Back! #WhistlePodu.”
Namma Special 🦁 Footvolley segment is B⚽CK! 🔁#WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/pXxIe994sG
— Chennai Super Kings – Mask P😷du Whistle P🥳du! (@ChennaiIPL) March 7, 2022
Meanwhile, CSK are constantly giving updates of their practice sessions on social media as well. Earlier on Monday, they shared a video of Dhoni and co. receiving a welcome from fans in Surat as they have arrived for their training session as well.
Meanwhile, on Sunday, the BCCI has announced the schedule for IPL 2022 for the league phase. CSK will begin their proceedings against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 26, in a rematch of last year’s final. Their two day-game will be against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the DY Patil Stadium on April 9 and Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Wankhede Stadium on May 15 respectively. Their final match in the league stage will be against Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on May 20 as well.
CSK are in Group B with Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Punjab Kings and Gujarat Titans. However, apart from the four teams in their group, they will also face their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI) twice. whereas they will feature in one match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Delhi Capitals (DC) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), respectively.
Their league-phase schedule is as follows:
Match 1 – March 26 – CSK vs KKR – 7.30 PM, Wankhede Stadium
Match 7 – March 31 – LSG vs CSK – 7.30 PM, Brabourne CCI
Match 11 – April 3 – CSK vs PBKS – 7.30 PM, Brabourne CCI
Match 17 – April 9 – CSK vs SRH – 3.30 PM, DY Patil Stadium
Match 22 – April 12 – CSK vs RCB – 7.30 PM, DY Patil Stadium
Match 29 – April 17 – GT vs CSK – 7.30 PM, MCA Stadium, Pune
Match 33 – April 21 – MI vs CSK – 7.30 PM, DY Patil Stadium
Match 38 – April 25 – PBKS vs CSK – 7.30 PM, Wankhede Stadium
