IPL 2021: Chennai Super Kings rewarded “Super Lions” from last season
The launch of IPL 2021 is going to start on 9 April. In such a situation, all the teams have prepared for this tournament. Chennai Super Kings, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is also set to perform better this time in the tournament. Let us know that Chennai Super Kings is training for IPL 2021 in Mumbai. This season, Chennai Super Kings’ first match will be in Mumbai with the Delhi Capitals team. Let us know that in the last season, Chennai Super Kings did not succeed in making a place in the play-off as well. This time the Chennai Super Kings team has undergone some changes and some of the best players were included in the team in the auction. At the same time, Chennai Super Kings honored two players before the tournament started.
A-word of appreciation for our Super Lions of the last season.
Faf du Plessis (449 runs) & Sam Curran (13 wkts).#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/oDXURah6pN
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 8, 2021
Let us know that the IPL 2021 is starting tomorrow. Before the tournament started, Chennai Super Kings awarded trophies to two players of their team. The team gave special awards to Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran. The team also shared its photo on social media on Thursday 8 April. In the picture, Faf du Plessis and Sam Karan are seen taking the trophy. Du Plessis was awarded by team captain Dhoni and vice-captain Suresh Raina. At the same time, Dhoni and Jadeja gave the trophy to Sam Curran.
Chennai Super Kings have given Faf Du Plessis the trophy for scoring the most runs in the previous season. Faf du Plessis played 13 matches last season. In this, he scored 449 runs at an average of 40.81. Last season, Faf du Plessis had a strike rate of 140.75. He had 4 half-centuries in these 13 matches. Faf du Plessis had hit 42 fours and 14 sixes in 449 runs. Last season, du Plessis scored the most runs for Chennai Super Kings. Ambati Rayudu scored the most runs for Chennai Super Kings after Faf du Plessis. Ambati had scored 359 runs in 12 matches last season. Shane Watson scored 299 runs, Ravindra Jadeja scored 232 runs, Rituraj Gaikwad scored 204 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 200 runs.
Sam Karan took the most wickets for the team
At the same time, Sam Curran was awarded the trophy for taking the most wickets in the last season. Sam Curran played 14 matches for Chennai Super Kings last season and took 13 wickets. In a match, he took 3 wickets for just 19 runs. However, Curran was not in the top 10 in the last IPL in terms of wickets. They finished on the 15th. Talking about the other Chennai Super Kings bowlers, Deepak Chahar took 12 wickets in 14 matches after Sam Curran. Shardul Thakur took 10 wickets in 9 matches.