Lsg vs csk toss winner ipl 2025: Chennai Super Kings have won the toss and chosen bowling. In IPL 2025, MS Dhoni will be seen captaining for the first time. On one hand, Chennai has made 2 major changes in its team, Ravichandran Ashwin has been seated outside the playing XI. On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants Mitchel Marsh playing at her home has brought back to the playing XI. Lucknow is currently in the fourth and Chennai in the last place in the IPL 2025 Points Table.

Many big players out of playing XI

On one hand, Chennai Super Kings have dropped Ravichandran Ashwin out of the playing XI. Ashwin has been able to take only five wickets in IPL 2025 so far. Apart from him, Devon Conway has also been seated outside, which has been able to score only 94 runs in three matches so far. He has been replaced by Sheikh Rashid and fast bowler Jamie Overn in the playing XI.

If you look at the team combination of Lucknow Super Giants, Mitchell Marsh has returned to the playing XI after missing the previous match. Marsh has been included in the last 11 players in place of Himmat Singh. In IPL 2025, Mitchell Marsh has so far scored 265 runs in five matches.

MS Dhoni is captaining after 687 days

MS Dhoni has returned to the role of captaincy after 687 days in IPL. Dhoni last captained Chennai Super Kings in the final of IPL 2023. At that time, Chennai defeated Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets in the final. Rituraj Gaikwad has been ruled out of 2025 due to the injury of the elbow, in such a situation, the weight of CSK captaincy has once again come on Dhoni’s shoulders.

LSG’s playing XI: Aden Markram, Mitchell Marsh, Nicholas Puran, Ayush Badoni, Rishabh Pant (Captain), David Miller, Abdul Samad, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Digvesh Singh Rathi

CSK’s playing XI: Sheikh Rashid, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Jamie Overton, MS Dhoni (Captain), Anshul Kamboj, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Mathisha Pathirana

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