To go to the playoffs of Chennai, Delhi needs to be defeated. (IPL Photo)
New Delhi: Delhi Capitals are facing Chennai Super Kings at their home Arun Jaitley Stadium. This match is very important for the four-time winner Chennai. In this match, his hopes of going to the playoffs rest. If Chennai wins this match, then it will reach the playoffs. In this match, Chennai captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss, but during this, there were gestures between Dhoni and host Danny Morrison.
Chennai now has seven wins in 13 matches and 15 points from five matches. A win in this match will take him directly to the playoffs, but after a loss, he will have to depend on the results of other teams to make it to the playoffs.
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Dhoni told the decision in gestures
In this match, Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first. As soon as Dhoni won the toss, he came to talk to Morrison, but due to the noise on the field, both of them could not hear each other’s voice clearly. However, the way the camera was shooting these two, there were not many spectators behind them. Then Morrison said that the voice is enough.
In such a situation, he asked Dhoni in gestures that what is his decision after winning the toss. Morrison made gestures of both bowling and batting and asked Dhoni what he wanted to do. Then Dhoni told in gestures that he wanted to bat.
🚨 Toss Update 🚨@ChennaiIPL win the toss and elect to bat first against @DelhiCapitals,
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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 20, 2023
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Important match for Dhoni
This match is also a very important match for Dhoni. If Chennai loses in this match and then does not reach the playoffs, then Chennai’s journey of this season will end with this. Dhoni has indicated many times this season that this could be his last IPL as well. In such a situation, if Chennai does not reach the playoffs, then Dhoni’s fans may see him playing for the last time. Only he knows whether Dhoni will retire or not.
He has mostly been surprising with his decisions and this time also he can do something similar, its possibilities cannot be denied. The reality is known only by Dhoni. By the way, Dhoni would like to say goodbye to his team winning the IPL once more.
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