MS Dhoni at Eden Garden: Chennai Super Kings played their 7th match in IPL 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders at their home ground Eden Gardens on Sunday, April 23. Here Chennai Super Kings and Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got a lot of love. Seeing the love of the fans, Dhoni remembered his early days. He told me many things related to Kolkata after the toss. He mentioned everything from the Kharagpur job. MS Dhoni returned to this ground after 4 years with Chennai Super Kings.
After Dhoni's toss, he remembered his old days very well. The CSK captain said, “I have played a lot of cricket here in Kolkata. But I would not say that much, because I have not played under-16 and under-19, which reduces the number of matches. But do you know, I had a job in Kharagpur which is 2 hours away from here. So I spent a lot of time there, played a lot of cricket and also played football. So, I think that's where the love comes from."
A lot of love was shown for Chennai in the field
Despite being KKR's home ground, there was a lot of love for Chennai Super Kings on the ground. Amidst the KKR fans and flags, many Chennai fans were present with yellow T-shirts and flags. Chennai and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are getting a lot of love on every ground in India.
Chennai reached number one in the match win points table
In this match played against KKR, Chennai won a resounding victory by 49 runs. Batting first, CSK put 235 runs on the board for 4 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, Ajinkya Rahane scored an inning of 71 runs at a strike rate of over 244. Chasing the runs, KKR's team could only manage 186 runs for 8 wickets in 20 overs. With this victory, Chennai also secured the number one position in the points table.
