New Delhi: The second match of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) 2022 'Super Sunday' will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
Tonight's match will be very special for Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya as he will be playing his first-ever IPL match as a captain against MS Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
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Ahead of the much-awaited clash, Hardik Pandya took to Twitter to share pics with his 'main man' MS Dhoni. Hardik and Dhoni are considered to share a close bond. Pandya, on several occasions, has described Dhoni as his mentor, saying that he has learned a lot from his 'Mahi bhai'.
Ahead of the IPL 2022, in a video posted by Gujarat Titans' official Twitter handle, Pandya had talked about his ambition of wanting to emulate his 'brother MS Dhoni'. In the video, Hardik said, “That sweet lofty spot, where grit lives with the grind, labour leads to luck. It is a range that my brother (MS Dhoni) has scaled and I have made no attempts to hide that I want to emulate him. It’s a place that my hero (Sachin Tendulkar) has owned and told me stories of how he got there."
Talking about Chennai Super Kings, bowling has been a matter of concern for them. The defending champions did better in the previous match against Royal Challengers Bangalore in which the spin duo of Mahish Teekshana and Jadeja took seven wickets together. The franchise finally won its first IPL match by beating Bangalore, breaking a four-match losing streak.