{"id":264753,"date":"2025-03-23T04:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T04:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/watch-suryakumar-yadav-in-splits-after-ms-dhoni-query-by-journalist-ahead-of-csk-vs-mi-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T04:49:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T04:49:24","slug":"watch-suryakumar-yadav-in-splits-after-ms-dhoni-query-by-journalist-ahead-of-csk-vs-mi-cricket-news-the-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/watch-suryakumar-yadav-in-splits-after-ms-dhoni-query-by-journalist-ahead-of-csk-vs-mi-cricket-news-the-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Suryakumar Yadav in splits after MS Dhoni query by journalist ahead of CSK vs MI | Cricket News – The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suryakumar Yadav during a press conference ahead of facing Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Suryakumar Yadav<\/a> will lead Mumbai Indians<\/a> in their IPL 2025 season opener against Chennai Super Kings<\/a> at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday, as regular captain Hardik Pandya<\/a> serves a match ban.
The match is part of IPL 2025’s first double-header, with Sunrisers Hyderabad facing Rajasthan Royals in the afternoon fixture.
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During the pre-match press conference in Chepauk, Suryakumar responded to a question about handling ‘uncapped’ MS Dhoni<\/a>. Initially confused, he thought the reporter was referring to umpires.
“Has anyone ever been able to control Dhoni in so many years?” quipped Suryakumar with a laugh.<\/p>\n

“It’s always an excitement when you come to Chennai and watch him come out of the dressing room, it’s always a good thing. You learnt so many good things from him, and we still do whenever we get an opportunity we have a chat with him. I’m excited to see him again, but I will be leading against him so it will be a good challenge.”
MS Dhoni will play under the “uncapped” category in IPL 2025 following BCCI’s reinstatement of a previous rule. This rule classifies players who haven’t participated in international cricket for over five years as uncapped.<\/p>\n

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Dhoni’s last international appearance was in the 2019 World Cup semi-final, followed by his retirement announcement a year later.
Hardik Pandya’s absence from the Chennai Super Kings game is due to a one-match ban imposed by BCCI for his team’s third over-rate violation in IPL 2024.
This will be the final instance of an IPL captain facing a ban for over-rate offences, as BCCI has revised the rules to implement a demerit point system from IPL 2025.<\/p>\n

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“A Level 1 offence will lead to deduction of 25 to 75 percent match fees with demerit points which will be calculated for next three years. Level 2 offence if serious will result in four demerit points.”
“For every four demerit points accumulated, the match referee can impose a penalty, either in the form of a 100 percent fine or additional demerit points. These demerit points could convert into a match ban in the future but for slow overrate there won’t be a match ban.”<\/p>\n


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