Chennai Super Kings (CSK) added an enormous identify to their roster forward of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 season, signing England Test captain Ben Stokes for a whopping payment of INR 16.25 crore. Before the beginning of the season, workforce captain MS Dhoni formally added Stokes to the franchise by giving him a CSK shirt. Dhoni did so in a gala ceremony the place all of Chennai’s new recruits had been formally welcomed to the franchise that has already received the IPL title 4 instances.

During the ceremony, Dhoni was heard calling Stokes to the stage the place a CSK shirt was handed to him.

“I would like to welcome all the new players. Ben, I know you are not new, but you are new for CSK so please, I request you to come on stage,” Dhoni was heard saying in a video shared by the franchise on YouTube.

Chennai Super Kings start their marketing campaign in opposition to defending champions Gujarat Titans. The match will likely be between two generations of Indian cricket. At one aspect will likely be CSK skipper MS Dhoni, who took Indian cricket to new heights of success within the late 2000s to early 2010s by clinching the inaugural ICC T20 World Cup (2007), ICC Cricket World Cup (2011) and ICC Champions Trophy (2013) and have become the one skipper to win these three main titles.

Dhoni replicated this success in IPL, main the workforce to the title on 4 events. On the opposite aspect is GT skipper Hardik Pandya, who was pushed into superstardom after main GT to the title of their debut season. Pandya has additionally led India to some wins on the worldwide stage within the shorter format and is making a case for himself as a future white-ball skipper.

The inclusion of elite all-rounders like Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, and Ravindra Jadeja makes CSK a very harmful workforce. They are able to performing no matter job that’s given to them, whether or not it’s batting or bowling. This trio is able to every thing, together with energy, hitting up the order, taking key wickets, and batting!

CSK has simply as a lot depth as CSK with the presence of the aforementioned all-rounders. The presence of bowling all-rounders like Dwaine Pretorius, Deepak Chahar and Mitchell Santner is a bonus.

With ANI inputs