The group stage game between Chennai and Lucknow would’ve left many CSK fans disappointed following the team’s 6-wicket loss against the Super Giants. However, there was a bright moment for Chennai fans earlier tonight when former CSK legend, Suresh Raina, dedicated a Tamil Song to the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Suresh Raina dedicates Tamil fan anthem to MSD in commentary
Raina, while appearing on a cameo for Star Sports Tamil commentary team, decided to oblige a Twitter fan’s request. When asked by a fellow commentator to sing the iconic ‘Namma Thala Dhoni ku periya whistle adinga’ line from CSK’s Tamilian fan anthem, Mr. IPL didn’t hesitate for even a second to present his rendition of respect for his beloved former captain.
For the unversed, the song’s lyric talks about Chennai and Tamil Nadu fans supporting and blowing whistles loud for their favorite captain cool, Thala MS Dhoni. Here’s the clip of Raina’s song video as edited by Twitter user Manoj Maddy. Also, full points to Raina for showing his permanent CSK love for sporting a yellow pocket square on his jacket.
Never ending love of @ImRaina
And @ChennaiIPL ??? pic.twitter.com/aMzXxLGZSG— Manoj Maddy (@edits_manoj) March 31, 2022
Good outing for Dhoni vs LSG
It would appear that Raina’s song really amped up Thala Dhoni to perform at his optimal best, as he played a brilliant cameo of 16 off 10 balls lower down the order to propel Chennai’s score to a solid 210/7. Unfortunately, as it would later turn out, Thala and the CSK batters’ efforts weren’t nearly enough, as the KL Rahul led Lucknow franchise successfully chased down the target.
A combination of newbie CSK bowlers not being able to find their rhythms and the Lucknow batting unit performing brilliantly in tandem meant that Chennai- for the first time in their 13-year IPL history- stayed winless after their opening 2 IPL games. Lucknow, meanwhile, comfortably cruised to their maiden victory of the season.
Brief scores: LSG 211/4 (De Kock 61, Ewin Lewis 55*, Dwaine Pretorius 2/31) beat CSK (Uthappa 50, Shivam Dube 49, Bishnoi 2/24) by 6 wickets.