Let's Talk About the Recent Performances of CSK and Create a Report Card of the Team for the First 3 Matches

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings was last year's defending champions and started the IPL 2024 with a boom by defeating RCB by 6 wickets. This will be Dhoni's last IPL season and fans are going crazy to see the glimpse of their idol on the ground. Dhoni handed over his captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad so that he didn't feel like a newbie in the absence of Dhoni in the 18th season of IPL. He is getting trained by one of the best captains in the world.

CSK's recent performances -

In total CSK has played 3 matches, in which they have 2 matches and lost a match recently against Delhi Capitals. But the fans were not worried about loss as they got to see their icon batting for the first time in the IPL 2024. Dhoni came as a common player but returned as a star player. He smashed 37 in 16 balls and that too not out.

1st Match Analysis - CSK vs RCB

Rachin Ravindra played at rocket speed and made 37 runs in 15 balls by hitting 3 sixes and 3 fours. Besides Rachindra, emerging star - Shivam Dube made 34 runs in 28 balls.

While in the bowling section, Mustafizur Rahman gave an extraordinary performance by fetching 4 wickets.

2nd Match Analysis - CSK vs GT

CSK won its second consecutive match against GT by 63 runs. Gaikwad and Ravindra gave a beautiful opening to the team and made 46 runs each. Shivam Dube came as an impact player and fulfilled his role as an impact player, he made 51 runs in just 23 balls and landed the team's total to 206.

In the balling section, Chahar, Rahman, and Deshpande took 2 wickets each.

3rd Match Analysis - CSK vs DC

While chasing a total of 191 runs, CSK stumbled and wasn't able to chase and got its first defeat. But the best part was that Dhoni came to bat and that made his fans extremely happy, besides this the adrenaline leveled up when Dhoni started hitting the boundaries and made 37 runs in 16 balls. Rahane and Mitchell also played a beautiful knock and made 45 runs and 34 balls.

Matheesha Pathirana was chosen as an impact player and fetched 3 wickets.

Overall, Gaikwad, Rahane, Rachindra, and Dube are in very good form and are continuously making runs for the team. While in bowling, Mustafizur Rahman, Pathirana, and Deepak Chahar are clinching wickets.

These players who are highlighted above are and will be crucial for CSK.