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CSK complains to BCCI about song at rival RCB’s home: ‘Dosa, idli’ track not in good taste | Cricket News

CSK complains to BCCI about song at rival RCB’s home: ‘Dosa, idli’ track not in good taste | Cricket News

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3 min readApr 16, 2026 07:00 AM IST Indian Premier League franchise Chennai Super Kings has complained to the BCCI over the DJ’s choice of song and comments at their April 5 away game against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. According to the CSK, the playing of the track ‘Dosa, idli, sambar, chutney, chutney’ – a popular background score to memes about South Indian stereotypes – before their innings was not in good taste. Confirming the development, a top IPL official said the governing council would look into the matter. “We have received a complaint from CSK and are looking into it,” the official said. CSK managing director Kasi Viswanathan told The Indian Express: “The DJs are usually around to support the home team. But at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, it was different. Certain comments were made against our players. Considering it, we have written to the BCCI to have a look into it.” The song, originally composed by musician Gana Appu, has a history and often gets mentioned during CSK-RCB …

Stephen Fleming calls for patience, insists underwhelming Indian rookies would be of ‘high value’ in future | Cricket News

Stephen Fleming calls for patience, insists underwhelming Indian rookies would be of ‘high value’ in future | Cricket News

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Fifteen years of coaching Chennai Super Kings has instilled in Stephen Fleming a sense of equanimity. Even in the darkest of hours, he remains unflustered and lets pragmatism rein over emotions. After suffering the third defeat of the season, which is swiftly unravelling, Fleming insisted that transitions take time and stressed on the wealth of the young talent at the team’s disposal. “I think we’ve got some really good talent. This is, there’s five or six new players that have started this season, but we think they are of high value moving forward,” he reiterated. Questions swirled on auction tactics, on the over-emphasis on young Indians and the jettisoning of seasoned personnel. Lungi Ngidi for instance. The team acquired Uttar Pradesh all-rounder Prashant Veer and Rajasthan wicket-keeper Kartik Sharma for a combined Rs 28.4 crore, that is almost 70 percent of their auction purse. Fleming reasoned: “As we reviewed last season, we had to spend a lot of money on Indian talent, so as to regenerate the franchise and create a foundation moving forward.” “We’d …

Khaleel Ahmed sets unwanted record during RCB vs CSK IPL 2025 match

Khaleel Ahmed sets unwanted record during RCB vs CSK IPL 2025 match

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Full list of the most expensive overs in IPL: Chennai Super Kings, pacer Khaleel Ahmed set an unwanted record of leaking the most runs in an over of the Indian Premier League 2025 during the match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday. During the 19th over of the first innings, Khaleel was hit for 33 runs by RCB batter Romario Shepherd as the left-hand pacer bowled the most expensive over of the season. Shepherd started the over with a six over mid-wicket. He followed it up with a down-the-ground maximum before an outside edge ball raced away for a four at short third. The next two deliveries also went out of the park, with the fifth delivery being a no-ball. Khaleel bowled a dot delivery, denying any runs in a free-hit delivery before Shepherd ended the over with a four to take 33 off Khaleel’s third over. Khaleel ended with a spell of 3-0-65-0. His 33-run over put him joint-fifth in the list of most expensive overs ever …

Romario Shepherd smashes joint-second fastest half century in IPL century, clobbers Khaleel Ahmed for 33 runs in 19th over | Ipl News

Romario Shepherd smashes joint-second fastest half century in IPL century, clobbers Khaleel Ahmed for 33 runs in 19th over | Ipl News

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Incredibly, one of the three dot balls that Romario Shepherd faced during his blistering innings on Saturday night at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium was off a free hit. That would come as scant consolation for Khaleel Ahmed who conceded 33 runs in the 19th over of the first innings between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru. That one missed opportunity in the over, in fact, cost a couple of records for Shepherd: he missed out on registering the most expensive over in IPL history, a four would have equalled 37 and a six would have broken that mark. And he eventually reached his half century of 14 balls, the second-joint fastest half century in the history of the Indian Premier League. Shepherd now joins KL Rahul (for PBKS in 2018) and Pat Cummins (for KKR in 2022) to have scored 14-ball fifties in the IPL. The record of 13 balls is held by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Those numbers sum up how ridiculous Shepherd’s onslaught was at the end of RCB’s innings that had actually faltered …

‘We got ₹20 lakhs!’: Virat Kohli recalls his IPL beginnings, RCB vs CSK rivalry | Ipl News

‘We got ₹20 lakhs!’: Virat Kohli recalls his IPL beginnings, RCB vs CSK rivalry | Ipl News

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Before the roaring crowds, the century celebrations, and the iconic No. 18 jersey, Virat Kohli was just a teenager losing his mind in a hotel corridor. As the IPL is in its 18th year, Kohli looked back at the surreal beginning of his journey in the league, marked by one unforgettable number: Rs 20 lakhs. “When the auction happened, we were in Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur, and we were sold as first-class cricketers, who were limited to Rs 20 lakhs. We went crazy in the corridor — ‘We got Rs 20 lakhs!’ That was the emotion behind it. Because we didn’t know what to expect—the opening ceremony, the whole experience of meeting great cricketers — it was surreal.” Kohli was part of that very first IPL auction in 2008, still fresh off captaining India to a U-19 World Cup title. Now, he stands as the league’s most consistent performer and its most enduring face. Story continues below this ad “The first year was exciting in terms of unexpected things happening. We hadn’t played a lot …

‘We’re certainly not going to panic’: CSK batting coach Mike Hussey after team’s elimination from IPL playoffs race | Ipl News

‘We’re certainly not going to panic’: CSK batting coach Mike Hussey after team’s elimination from IPL playoffs race | Ipl News

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Chennai Super Kings (CSK) batting coach Mike Hussey on Friday opted to look to the positives of season even as the MS Dhoni-led team became the first team to be eliminated from the IPL playoffs race after they lost to the Punjab Kings on Wednesday. CSK, the five time champions, have just managed 4 points from 10 matches and are currently lodged at the bottom of the table. After getting eliminated by PBKS, CSK set an unwanted record, where the franchise failed to qualify for the play-offs in back to back editions, a first in the history of the team. “We’re certainly not going to panic and throw everything out just because it hasn’t gone well this year but we definitely need to tidy up on a few areas,” said Hussey on the eve of the match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru. Story continues below this ad “I know we’re sitting at the bottom of the table and we haven’t won many games. But I actually don’t think we’re too far away. We have got some …

‘He should have batted ahead of Ashwin’: Shane Watson on MS Dhoni coming out at No. 9 vs RCB | Ipl News

‘He should have batted ahead of Ashwin’: Shane Watson on MS Dhoni coming out at No. 9 vs RCB | Ipl News

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Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson batted for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to be promoted up the batting order for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). This was after CSK suffered a heavy 50-run defeat against the Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the Chepauk on Friday with Dhoni coming in to bat at number 9 with Ravichandran Ashwin sent before him. The former CSK captain would play a vintage 16-ball 30 but the match was already out of CSK’s hands by then. “This is exactly what CSK fans come to see — 30 off 16 deliveries from Dhoni. I would have absolutely loved to see him come up the order. In my opinion, he should have batted ahead of Ashwin,” Watson said. “Given the game situation, Dhoni could have played like this for another 15 balls. Over the last couple of years, he has consistently shown that he’s still batting beautifully. I truly believe he should be promoted up the order so we can see the full extent of his skills,” he added. Story continues below this ad The …

There’s no home advantage at Chepauk: CSK coach Stephen Fleming after defeat to RCB | Ipl News

There’s no home advantage at Chepauk: CSK coach Stephen Fleming after defeat to RCB | Ipl News

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A terse Stephen Fleming expressed his unhappiness over the conditions at Chepauk, saying there’s no ‘home advantage’ for the Chennai Super Kings while playing there. Fleming spoke after his team lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 50 runs on Friday, making it their biggest home defeat. Speaking later, Fleming said they ‘haven’t been able to read’ the pitch at Chepauk. “Well, as we’ve been telling you for a number of years, there was no home advantage at Chepauk,” Fleming said. “We’ve won away from home a couple of times. And we haven’t been able to read… we’ve been really honest with you. We haven’t been able to read the wickets here in the last couple of years. So, it’s not new. We are trying to come to grips each day with what we get, and we don’t know.” Story continues below this ad He added that ‘it’s not the Chepauk (of old) where you can just go in and play four spinners.’ “We’re having to work really hard to try and understand what the nature …

OPINION: MS Dhoni batting at No 9 wasn’t the reason CSK lost, but it was certainly under-utilisation of asset | Ipl News

OPINION: MS Dhoni batting at No 9 wasn’t the reason CSK lost, but it was certainly under-utilisation of asset | Ipl News

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Whether MS Dhoni batted at No 7 or 8 or 9 for Chennai Super Kings on Friday night against Royal Challengers Bengaluru might not have made a difference to the result. The damage was already done, first when CSK were sloppy on the field and later when they crawled through the powerplay losing critical early wickets. But isn’t it fun to imagine two sixes and four – the 16 runs that he hit in the last over – from Dhoni’s bat, say, in the 14th over bowled by Liam Livingstone when the required rate was around, incidentally, 16 runs-per-over? In a league where the possibilities with the bat have been redefined in the last year, it is an interesting prospect. But for now, it is firmly in the realm of imagination that CSK will use Dhoni strictly lower down the order, irrespective of the match situation. Against RCB, he played at No 9 for only the second time in his T20 career, while he batted at No 8 in the previous match against Mumbai Indians. …

OPINION: MS Dhoni batting at No 9 wasn’t the reason CSK lost, but it was certainly under-utilisation of asset | Ipl News

MS Dhoni at 9: CSK legend is playing to the gallery but his power-hitting is being under-utilised by CSK | Ipl News

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Whether MS Dhoni batted at No.7 or 8 or 9 for Chennai Super Kings on Friday night against Royal Challengers Bengaluru might not have made a difference to the result. The damage was already done, first when CSK were sloppy on the field and later when they crawled through the powerplay losing critical early wickets. But isn’t it fun to imagine two sixes and four – the 16 runs that he hit in the last over – from Dhoni’s bat, say, in the 14th over bowled by Liam Livingstone when the required rate was around, incidentally, 16 runs-per-over? In a league where the possibilities with the bat have been redefined in the last year, it is an interesting prospect. But for now, it is firmly in the realm of imagination that CSK will use Dhoni strictly lower down the order, irrespective of the match situation. Against RCB, he played at No.9 for only the second time in his T20 career, while he batted at No.8 in the previous match against Mumbai Indians. The common scenario …