Just before this game, their ninth in the Indian Premier League 2022, the Chennai Super Kings played a reverse UNO and Ravindra Jadeja gave up captaincy and asked MS Dhoni to lead again and he agreed. It was just ahead of this season that Jadeja was appointed Chennai captain after Dhoni decided to step down.
Now with Dhoni back as captain and six matches left to be played, Chennai would ideally want to win all and qualify for the Playoffs and if not, then at least win most of the games to keep their hopes alive. And in that conquest of