Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are set to face Mumbai Indians (GT) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on May 2, and the big question is: will MS Dhoni play that match?
The five-time champions got a big setback before the start of the tournament as MS Dhoni was ruled out of the early part of the season due to a calf strain.
The former captain has already missed eight matches. After the match against Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming provided an update on MS Dhoni’s fitness. He revealed that Dhoni’s calf injury is still a concern, and another setback could potentially rule him out for the remainder of the season. Fleming added that Dhoni had initially picked up the injury earlier, aggravated it again in a warm up game, and has since been working hard on his recovery. However, he recently suffered another setback.
“The calf is a tough one. If he takes off and rips the calf again, then he will be gone [for the whole season]. So we pushed it early. In a warm-up game, he tweaked it again, is my understanding. And since then, he has been just working hard to get some movement into it. But there was a setback,” Stephen Fleming said.
Chennai Super Kings may choose not to risk him against Mumbai Indians. However, nothing has been confirmed yet.
In his absence, Sanju Samson has been doing the wicketkeeping in IPL 2026.
CSK earlier this month suffered two setbacks, as pacer Khaleel Ahmed and Ayush Mhatre have been ruled out of IPL 2026 due to injuries.
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Chennai Super Kings began their IPL 2026 campaign with defeats to Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. They then bounced back with consecutive wins over Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders.
However, they lost their next match to Sunrisers Hyderabad by 10 runs. CSK responded in style with a record 103-run win over Mumbai Indians, their biggest victory by runs in IPL history. In their most recent outing, though, they went down to Gujarat Titans by eight wickets.
Overall, CSK have won three of their eight matches and lost five.
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