Dhoni's new role, Kohli's comeback in focus in season opener IPL 2024

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Match Details Chennai Super Kings (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Chennai, 20: 00 IST (1430 GMT) Overview: Can RCB break Chennai's spell? Just last month, Faf du Plessis played blindside to get Joburg Super Kings into the SA20 playoffs. And in four months, he will once again don the yellow jersey for the Texas Super Kings and team up with coach Stephen Fleming. Their history dates back to 2011, when Chennai Super Kings first signed du Plessis before he played international cricket for South Africa. But now, during this IPL, du Plessis has ditched his yellow second skin for the red and blue of Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Once a crowd favorite at Chepauk, he will play his first match as RCB captain at Chennai on Friday. However, his counterpart will not be someone du Plessis can expect to oppose. Ahead of the opening day of the IPL 2024 season, du Plessis' former opening partner Ruturaj Gaikwad was announced as the CSK captain, replacing MS Dhoni, just hours before the teams arrived for practice. Gaikwad has a proud record to defend against RCB in Chennai. The last time they beat CSK at Chepauk was in the first IPL season, in 2008, when Fleming was still a player. RCB have lost seven matches since then. In their last match there in 2019, they lost by 70 runs in 17. 1 overs. This RCB made CSK move towards 18th position in the race to win thanks to Yuzvendra Chahal and Moeen Ali. Chahal is currently with the Rajasthan Royals while Moeen could line up against RCB on Friday along with three other spinners - Mahesh Theekshana, Ravindra Jadeja and part-timer Rachin Ravindra - on a pitch that could be a another slow phase. On the other hand, RCB don't have a world-class spinner in their ranks: , their options are Mayank Dagar (left-arm wicket), Himanshu Sharma (mystery wicket), Karn Sharma (leg-spinner) and Swapnil Singh (pinch left finger). ). It seems like RCB has put all its eggs in the batting basket for home and away matches this season. Virat Kohli marks his T20I return early this year with a fierce debut against Afghanistan Virat Kohli marks his T20I return early this year with a fierce appearance against Afghanistan·BCCI News from the team : Dhoni and Kohli return Dhoni , 42, is set to return to action after almost a year, after undergoing knee surgery following the last IPL season. CSK's designated spinner Shivam Dube is also in good form after missing the playoffs of the Ranji Trophy due to injury. However, they will be without their death specialist, Sri Lankan spinner Matheesha Pathirana, who will miss the first phase of IPL 2024 due to a hamstring injury. For RCB, Virat Kohli will also return to competitive cricket after a two-month break. He has played just two T20 matches - against Afghanistan in January - since the previous IPL and this season will act as his landing pad for the 2024 T20 World Cup in June. unusually fierce approach at the start of these two rounds against Afghanistan; Will he bat similarly against RCB? Bowling Strategy and Impact Chennai Super Kings Since Dube is recovering from injury, CSK could play him as a lone batsman and pick one of Mukesh Choudhary or Tushar Deshpande, last season's leading wicket-taker while bowling. Possible first 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Maheesh Theekshana Possible first bowled XI: 1 Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), 2 Rachin Ravindra, 3 Ajinkya

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