Dhoni, who has led CSK to five IPL titles, passed the captaincy torch to Ruturaj Gaikwad, under whom the team finished fifth this season.

The World Cup-winning captain scored 161 runs at an incredible strike rate of 220.55, forcing many to believe that he can play for two more years in the IPL.

The city erupted in joyous celebration after Virat Kohli and his men staged a remarkable comeback to clinch victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Saturday, 18th May. RCB's journey to the playoffs was nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, marked by adversity and resilience.

Sakshi posted an Instagram story to make a sincere request to the Chennai Super Kings, urging them to wrap up the game quickly because she was soon to be an aunt.

CSK have been juggling batters in the top three through the season. On Tuesday against Lucknow Super Giants, Ajinkya Rahane and Ruturaj Gaikwad came to open while Mitchell was promoted to number three from five.

"To be honest, not deep conversations. I feel it was in a very chilled state. Just one conversation I would say. Just we were practicing and he came and told me all this stuff," Gaikwad said.

Ravindra Jadeja made optimum use of a tacky Chepauk surface as Chennai Super Kings were back to winning ways after they comfortably outclassed Kolkata Knight Riders by seven wickets in an IPL match

Sunrisers Hyderabad were back on track with a comfortable six-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings in an IPL match here on Friday.

Chasing a 192-run target, CSK was rattled by pacers Khaleel Ahmed (2/21) and Mukesh Kumar (3/21) and ended up at 171 for six. 

Young Gaikwad's team has covered all its bases and it was evident as Rachin Ravindra prepared a platform with a 20-ball 46-run innings to allow Shivam Dube to unlock his beast mode with a 23-ball 51.

Dhoni, having relinquished the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad before the season, instinctively went to initiate a Decision Review System (DRS) call, only to remember his new role and playfully gesture towards Gaikwad, the rightful decision-maker.

For the CSK captain, Mustafizur sending back a rampaging Du Plessis, who had struck eight fours in his 35 and Deepak Chahar bowling an incutter to get rid of Maxwell proved to be decisive despite 95-run stand between Anuj Rawat and Dinesh Karthik.