IPL 2018: Dhoni attracts 10,000 fans in the CSK practice match; see video
Dhoni has come back to play for CSK again after serving as a captain to the team consecutively for 8 years. Notably, CSK has been the most successful team of the IPL. However, the franchise was banned from IPL after the team owners were found involved in a spot-fixing scandal in 2015. Interestingly, the faithful fan following of the CSK is returning back to the grounds and the excitement around the CSK does not seem to have gone down even by a bit.
In a recently held practice match, The England batsman Sam Billings, who was bought by CSK for Rs 1 crore at the auction in January 2018, caught a glimpse of the same at a practice session at Chepauk Stadium on Monday.
The player was so awe-struck that he couldn't resist sharing the pics and video of the chepauk stadium.“Just a normal inter-squad centre wicket practice…. and 10,000 people rock up. Amazing!”, Sam billings wrote in the post.
Further describing his excitement being in Chennai Billings wrote“Vanakkam Chennai. Great to be here. At practice match today, we did two innings, and the support was amazing. 10,000 people in just for a practice game. It’s been an amazing atmosphere, and now I am just really looking forward for the IPL to start. Great to be here, and what a great franchise,”.
Semma @sambillings about his first practice session/match, the fans at Chepauk and #BrotherMark.@MAWood33 Are you listening? #WhistlePodu🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/gNgWXlVZ44
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 1, 2018
Dhoni in a recent event revealed about his feelings for the CSK. He said “As I said it was, I knew I would play for the Pune team but the actual moment comes when you start walking with the team-sheet in your hand till that point of time its only practice and everything. It was a very emotional moment…since I have started playing T20 cricket represented the Indian cricket team, Jharkhand team in few tournaments and CSK for eight years, so it was an emotional moment not to see myself in yellow,”.
First published: 3 April 2018, 13:23 IST
