IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant may end MS Dhoni's game, if Chennai Super Kings lose today then their playoff dream may be shattered..

IPL 2025 has not even reached its halfway mark and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is in danger of being out of the playoffs. CSK team will take on Lucknow Supergiants (LSG) under the captaincy of MS Dhoni today on Monday. CSK team has lost five consecutive matches. If it has to remain in the playoff race, then LSG will have to be defeated at all costs.

Chennai's road to victory against Lucknow Supergiants, playing under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant, does not seem easy. Lucknow team has won 4 matches so far and is in the top-4 in the points table. If Lucknow wins its match, it will reach the first position in the points table. On the other hand, the title hopes of Chennai Super Kings and MS Dhoni will get entangled in ifs and buts. CSK is currently in the last position in the points table with 2 points after winning one match in 6 matches.

If anyone can take CSK out of the difficult phase, it is Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He is captaining the team after Rituraj Gaikwad got injured. CSK is being accused of keeping those players in the playing XI who are not in form, due to which it has had to suffer so far. The lack of a 'power-hitter' in this team has also become a topic of discussion.

The host team Lucknow Supergiants will be looking for their fourth consecutive win. The team has achieved the necessary consistency in the tournament after registering wins by a good margin. The Lucknow pitch is traditionally slow and has been better for batting. Nicholas Pooran is making a splash on this pitch. Opener Mitchell Marsh is not sure to play.

The team is as follows:

Lucknow Supergiants: Rishabh Pant (captain), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Ayush Badoni, Himmat Singh, Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Avesh Khan, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Aryan Juyal (wicketkeeper), Matthew Breetzke, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hungergekar, Arshin Kulkarni, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Akash Singh, Shamar Joseph, Prince Yadav, Mayank Yadav.

Chennai Super Kings: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey, Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mathisha Pathirana, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Sam Curran, Sheikh Rashid, Anshul Kamboj, Mukesh Chaudhary, Gurjanpreet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Jamie Overton, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ramakrishnan Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Vansh Bedi, Andre Siddharth, Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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