Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will be playing their second game of IPL 2023 on Monday (April 3) against Lucknow Super Giants. Notably, they will also be returning to their home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, famously known as Chepauk, in Chennai after a long gap. Perhaps, the four-time champions have not played much at the venue since returning from their two-year ban. On Monday, CSK will be taking the field at the Chepauk for the first time since May 7, 2019.
A whopping 1426 days passed since they played here and the homecoming certainly will be emotional especially for their talisman MS Dhoni who retired from international cricket during this period. But he was waiting to play in front of the Chennai crowd before calling time on his career in IPL as well. Dhoni fever has already swept the entire Chennai and the fans will be hoping that it was worth the wait.
