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Maheesh Theekshana
couldn’t figure out where he was meant to go. He was standing about halfway to
the boundary at fine leg, attempting to get the captain’s notice.
At mid-off, Ruturaj Gaikwad was conversing with bowler Tushar Deshpande. It
took him some time to realise that someone else needed him, but by the time he
did, MS Dhoni had already taken care of things.
Though he did wait until the captain concurred with Thala, Theekshana was
assigned to police the fence. One man’s will has been extended by this team. A
multimillion-dollar expression of his character. There has never been another
person until now. And when there was, it wasn’t very effective.
CSK made four debuts
in this particular game alone. That is just one fewer than the total for the
previous season. Naturally, there were favourable circumstances. They had to
replace two of their first-choice players due to injuries. Daryl Mitchell deserves
a spot since he has demonstrated his abilities in international cricket.
However, Sameer Rizvi’s inclusion in a CSK XI on opening day marks a dramatic
shift in direction. Rizvi was born almost precisely a year before Dhoni played
his first international match. Their current captain warmed the bench for the
entirety of his rookie campaign.
In his initial
moments of portraying CSK in his own unique style, Gaikwad appeared to be
having fun. In the first three overs, there were nearly six minor field
modifications, and one of them had a significant effect on the outcome of the
game. Along with Mustafizur Rahman, he succeeded. It came up third on the
border. Cover returned to sweep. It was a reaction to a batter who was scoring
runs a little too readily; a play designed to make his job more difficult.
As the game came to
an end, a full house in yellow began to cheer for a wicket to fall. Countless
people joined the voice of thousands when the RCB called for a caught behind
from Shivam Dube. When the No. 6 batted, they wanted him to wear the No. 7. He had
already demonstrated all the other skills, such as an incredible one-handed
take in which he appeared to effortlessly lift off the ground. After the first
ball, that caused the first yell. Though it’s obvious that things remain the
same more than they change, Dhoni himself would have been content with how this
game finished in some sense. He made two catches and executed a run-out, so it
had part of him in it, but the headline belonged to someone else.