MS Dhoni, who rediscovered his Midas touch as captain of the team and Faf du Plessis, who showed sublime form in IPL 2021. Du Plessis burned up the charts scoring 320 runs from seven matches with four consecutive half-centuries as CSK, under Dhoni won five matches out of seven. Often, they have discussions after the match where Faf reaches out to MS Dhoni with suggestions. Gaikwad and du Plessis formed a solid opening pair for CSK in IPL 2020. Ending the last season with three half-centuries, Gaikwad scored 196 runs from seven matches with two half-centuries and often gave CSK fabulous starts with du Plessis.

Source: Hindustan Times June 04, 2021 06:15 UTC