CSK vs DC Live Score, IPL 2023: MS Dhoni’s yellow brigade clash with David Warner’s Delhi
CSK’s Shivam Dube and Ajinkya Rahane in action during IPL 2023. (PTI/AP)
How CSK have managed to turn the IPL careers of Dube and Rahane around
When Chennai Super Kings assembled at their den a month before the Indian Premier League, they had a couple of cracks to fill in the batting unit. With Robin Uthappa hanging up his boots, Ambati Rayudu cajoled back from retirement and few domestic batsmen, who fit into their scheme, available at the auction pool, the Super Kings were left with no option but to look at Shivam Dube and rely on Ajinkya Rahane.
Dube had already been part of the set-up last season, but the left-hander has limitations. Not the most effective batsman while fronting up pacers and his struggles against short-pitched bowling well documented, Dube had been used as a finisher at Royal Challengers Bangalore with little justification. Then there was Rahane, who after being discarded from the Indian Test team, was released into the auction pool Kolkata Knight Riders. He was at a career crossroad. Mostly used at the top to play the anchor role around other aggressive batters, the only place where Chennai could slot him was in the middle-order. In terms of limitations it is hard to see a team in the IPL having two such batters in the eleven.
A look at the squads:
Chennai Super Kings Squad: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, RS Hangargekar, Bhagath Varma, Nishant Sindhu
Delhi Capitals Squad: David Warner(c), Philip Salt(w), Mitchell Marsh, Rilee Rossouw, Manish Pandey, Aman Hakim Khan, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Praveen Dubey, Abishek Porel, Sarfaraz Khan, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Anrich Nortje, Rovman Powell, Priyam Garg, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal
