IPL 2025, CSK vs. KKR: MS Dhoni gives major updates to Ruturaj Gikwad, reveals big changes. Cricket news

New Delhi: The roar was deaf, the level of decibels out of the chart, and Chepuk bathed in a yellow sea, as his beloved ‘Thala’ Mahendra Singh Dhoni leaves for the toss. With the crowd in full voice, Dhoni flipped the coin, and Kolkata Knight Riders Captain Ajinkya Rahane called properly. Rahane won the toss and chose the field against Chennai Super Kings IPL 2025 Conflict at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Friday.
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“We will bowl first. There was a lot of positivity from the previous game. We played really well as a team. It is about to improve each game. It looks like a good wicket, not much change,” Rahen said during the toss.
He said, “We are batting deeply, so we bowl first and chase things. Play for our strength. A change – Moin Ali comes to the Spencer,” he said.
Between the thunder cheers and electrification environment, Dhoni shared a major update on Ruturaj Gikwad.
Confirming the shock, Dhoni announced that Gaikwad has been dropped from the tournament due to injury, and he would now capture the captaincy for the remaining IPL 2025.
“We wanted to bat before earlier. A lot of opportunities where we tried to chase it down and what we realized that the wicket slows down a bit, so if you do not get a good start then the middle order comes under pressure. Said during the toss.

“Some games that we were lost with large margins, but otherwise it was about small things – about going for 20 runs. Our batsmen are more authentic as batsmen, they will not measure everything. They just need to return their tendency. Try to start well and try to get a couple of initial wickets.
Teams:
Kolkata Knight Riders (playing xi): Quinton de Coke (W), Sunil Narin, Ajinkya Rahane (C), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moin Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakarwarthi
Kolkata Knight Riders Effect Sub: Angkarish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rowman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Davon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (W/C), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Ansul Kamboj, Khalil Ahmed
Chennai Super Kings Effect Sub: Mathesh Pathirana, Jamie Operton, Deepak Hooda, Sheikh Rashid, Kamlesh Nagarkoti