Dhoni injured!

Will not play the first match?

The left knee injury

of Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni

has raised doubts over his playing in the first match of IPL against Gujarat Titans

But the CEO of the team has denied any such possibility.

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 41, did not bat during CSK's nets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Motera on Thursday due to an injury to his left knee apparently sustained during a practice session in Chennai.

When CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan was asked, he told PTI, "The captain is playing 100 percent as far as I am concerned.

I am not aware of any other developments.” If Dhoni does not play, CSK can ask either Devon Conway or Ambati Rayudu for wicketkeeping, as this is the better option they have.

Charismatic captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's team will try to continue the previous success when they take on Chennai Super Kings

here on Friday. Pandya has called Dhoni his mentor many times and in the last season Shishya Pandya's team was successful in defeating Guru Dhoni's team twice.

Shubman Gill is going through the best phase of his career and there is no let up in Rashid Khan's consistency.

Pandya himself has worked hard on his fitness and after returning from injury in the last IPL, has been performing effectively with the ball and bat.

The team will miss the experienced David Miller in this match, but Rahul Tewatia has done well with the bat for some time now.

He will try to fill this gap.

New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson is also in the team.

Although he is not considered very dangerous in this format, but in low-scoring matches, he can become the team's troubleshooter.

On the other hand, the last season was very bad for the four-time champion team Chennai Super Kings and the team was at the ninth position in the points table.

Dhoni is 42 years old but he has no break in the matter of captaincy.

Teams:

Gujarat Titans:

Hardik Pandya (Captain), Shubman Gill, Kona Bharat, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Manohar, Mohammed Shami, Pradeep Sangwan, R Sai Kishore, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudarshan, Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mathew Wade, Odion Smith, Urvil Patel, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller (unavailable for 1st 2 matches), Josh Little (unavailable for 1st match), Yash Dayal, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmed, Alzarri Joseph

Chennai Super Kings:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (Captain), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Sisanda Magala, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Dwayne Pretorius, Ahya Mondal, Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangergekar, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjit Singh, Mathisa Pathirana, Mahesh Teekshana, Bhagat Verma, Prashant Solanki, Sheikh Rashid, Tushar Deshpande

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