Chennai Super Kings, the two-time Indian Premier League champions are back. The fans of the franchise are excited and so is their leader is obviously ecstatic .
With the two-year ban on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) ending and the BCCI formally welcoming back the two franchises in IPL, but CSK captain MS Dhoni, who spent two years with Rising Pune Supergiant formerly Rising Pune Supergiants in the IPL, celebrated it in style.
Dhoni posted a photograph of himself wearing a CSK jersey, sporting his customary jersey number ‘7’ and the Tamil word ‘Thala’ written over it. ‘Thala’ in Tamil translates to ‘leader’.
One of the most successful T20 teams, CSK won the IPL twice under the leadership of Dhoni, in 2010 and 2011. They have been runners-up on as many as four occasions, in 2008, 2012, 2013 and in 2015.
There were also no surprises in learning that as soon as the news broke out, several of Chennai Super Kings’ fans took to social media demanding Dhoni’s return to the franchise.
