Five-time IPL champion Chennai Super Kings will enter the field with new hopes, because last season they were at the bottom in the points table. Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad will be making a comeback, having been ruled out mid-season last time due to an elbow injury. MS Dhoni will also be seen playing the entire season.

This time Sanju Samson will also be seen in yellow jersey, who has come to Chennai Super Kings from Rajasthan Royals. After a very long time, Chennai team will be seen without Ravindra Jadeja. From Ayush Mhatre to Shivam Dubey and talented players like Urvil Patel and Anshul Kamboj are also part of this team. Now the question is what kind of playing eleven combination will Chennai Super Kings prepare?

What role will Samson get?

The biggest question is what role will Sanju Samson get in the playing eleven. Probably he will get the responsibility of opening and his partner can be 18-year-old Ayush Mhatre, who impressed with his batting by scoring 240 runs in 7 matches last season. In such a situation, captain Ruturaj Gaikwad himself can drop one place to third position, who till now has been opening on most of the occasions.

In the middle order, two stormy finishers like Shivam Dubey and Dewald Brevis will be strengthening the batting of Chennai Super Kings. Both are experts in hitting long sixes. Wicketkeeper batsman Karthik Sharma and spin bowling all-rounder Prashant Veer are also likely to get a chance in the playing eleven, CSK had bid Rs 14.20 crore on both of them in the mini auction. MS Dhoni has been batting lower in the order for the last two seasons.
As far as the bowling line up is concerned, Chennai Super Kings have many talented options like Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Jamie Overton, Rahul Chahar, Khalil Ahmed, Mukesh Chaudhary. But Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed, Nathan Ellis may get a place in the bowling combination.

Probable playing XI of CSK: Sanju Samson, Ayush Mhatre, Ruturaj Gaikwad (captain), Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dubey, Karthik Sharma, Prashant Veer, MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper), Nathan Ellis, Khalil Ahmed, Noor Ahmed.