On Friday, the Chennai Super Kings are going to face the defending champion Gujarat Titans in the Narendra Modi stadium.
Former champions Chennai Super Kings have returned to the Chepauk for a full season at home since the 2019 edition of the IPL. While talking about Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the all-rounder of the Rajasthan Royals, Riyan Parag said that no one comes anywhere close to the captain of the Chennai Super Kings, who has mastered the role of a finisher in white-ball cricket. While talking on the news agency PTI before the start of the IPL 2023 opener between CSK and Gujarat Titans, Parag said that I have been doing the finishing role for the last 3 years now, but still there is only one name that comes to my mind, which I also mentioned before: Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He further said that he didn’t think anyone else had mastered the art. While going into that roll, I always look up to him, whether it’s how he finishes games or how he takes the game deep.
The Chennai Super Kings of MS Dhoni are going to meet the defending champions in the season-opening match at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. Parag, who was earlier retained by Royal Rajasthan, is also going to play the finisher role at RR. He also said that he would like to bat at the No. 4 position in the line-up during the IPL 2023 for RR.
Concluding his statement, he said that “if the Royals were to ask me where I want to bat, I would say No. 4.” But, then, like always, I am open to bat wherever the team needs me and wherever they think I fit the best. “It is a team game; whichever way the combinations match up, I am happy to contribute.”
