IPL 2018, Match 5, CSK vs KKR: 3 milestones awaiting Chennai Super Kings' players
We now head to the beautiful Chepauk, where two-time champions, Chennai Super Kings, and Kolkata Knight Riders will meet for their respective second match of the season. Chennai Super Kings will be playing at Chepauk after almost two years. Thus, we can expect a full-house dipped in the colors of yellow for the support of MS Dhoni and men.
Both, CSK and KKR, kick-started their tournament with a win against MI and RCB respectively. CSK and KKR have met seven times at time at the Chepauk, and KKR has won only two of the seven matches.
Kedar Jadhav has been ruled out of the IPL due to a hamstring injury. Jadhav's injury opens up a place in the CSK middle-order. Ideally, they will want Rayudu to go down to No.4 and bring in either Vijay or Jagadeesan to partner Shane Watson at the top.
Meanwhile, KKR alike CSK coming off from a win wouldn't like to tinker the combination an would be playing with the same combination.
Let us now look at three milestones that are waiting in the line for Chennai Super Kings as we play about the match.
#1 MS Dhoni close to scoring 3000 IPL runs for CSK
The ultimate boss of CSK, MS Dhoni, is close to yet another milestone. MS Dhoni needs eight more runs to complete 3000 IPL runs for Chennai Super Sings. Notching eight more runs, MS Dhoni will become the only second player for Chennai Super Kings after Suresh Raina to score 3000 or more runs for a single IPL team.
Till date, MS Dhoni has scored 3566 IPL runs at an average of 37.53, and a strike-rate of 136.68. Out of these 3566 runs, he has scored 2992 runs for CSK.