Chennai Super Kings

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ICC will have to adjust IPL in its calendar: Dhoni

International Cricket Council will have to adjust IPL in its cricket calendar otherwise it may force cricketers from many countries to opt for retirement, India’s ODI captain Mahender Singh Dhoni said on Sunday.
“They will need to take this decision otherwise we may have a situation where cricketers will prefer retirement,” Dhoni told PTI here before [...]

Super Kings win over the Kings XI

Super Kings win the toss and elect to bat!
Super kings roar to 240/5 in 20 overs with Michael Hussey scoring 116.
Kings XI Punjab scores 207/4 in 20 overs.
Man of the match: Michael Hussey
Super Kings win by 33 runs. The Super King Dhoni regins over King Yuvi. It was a well fought effort by Kings XI [...]

King Yuvi vs. Super King Dhoni

When the Kings (Punjab IPL team) will clash with the Superkings (Chennai IPL team) at the newly launched Indian Premier League (IPL) in Mohali on Saturday, pyrotechnics are guaranteed.
Touted as two of the strongest in the eight-team tournament, the Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab IPL team will try to take home ground advantage over the Mahendra Singh [...]

Dhoni is all praises for Rajini

A scribe has asked Indian cricket captain Dhoni a question. If Rajini is appointed for the Chennai team…? In response, Dhoni said, “It would be a good thing. Here, he’s like a god. He’s a good person and a fine individual. He is amazing! If he’s in our team, it would be wonderful.” Why can’t [...]

Chennai Super Kings arrive, without Mahi

The Chennai Super Kings team arrived today in Chandigarh to take part in IPL but without their skipper Mahender Singh Dhoni. MS Dhoni will join his team on Friday evening ahead of their opening encounter against Kings XI Punjab. He will be going to Bangalore to take part in the inauguration ceremony on April 18. [...]

It will be Yuvraj versus Dhoni in Mohali

Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be his good friend in dressing room, but on the field he will fight it out without leaving any space to take an edge, especially when pride is at stake before the “home crowd”, says Yuvraj Singh. “There is no friendship on the field. We will want to win the game [...]

Murali thanks for Lancs

SRI LANKAN spin ace Muttiah Muralitharan believes his county cricket experience will benefit him in the Indian Premier League. He said: “I have played only one Twenty20 at international level but I have played a fair bit for Lancashire and that experience should hold me in good stead.
“This is a format where the bowlers are [...]

Super Kings - 17 member squad for first match

Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday named a 17-member squad for their opening fixture on April 19 against Kings XI Punjab at Mohali in the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.
The Team:
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Stephen Fleming Jacob Oram, Michael Hussey, Matthew Hayden, Muttiah Muralitharan, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel, Joginder Sharma, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, Anirudha Srikkanth, [...]

Murali: T-20 is saviour of Test cricket

Muttiah Muralitharan today lent unconditional support to Twenty-20 format saying it has come to stay and is the “saviour” of the Test match cricket.
At a Media conference here this morning after a strenuous practice session with the Chennai Super Kings team, Muralitharan, who has 735 wickets from just 120 Tests and 464 scalps from 309 [...]

Murali, the team-man, to the fore

In a gesture that captured the essence of Muttiah Muralitharan’s spirit, the legendary spinner sprinted to the ground with bottles of mineral water for his teammates.
Test cricket’s leading wicket-taker he might be, but Muralitharan did not mind being the 12th man, at least for the moment. Muralitharan, the team-man, came to the fore on a [...]