Watch: Dhoni walks out to bat at Chepauk before IPL opener, video goes viral

 Watch: Dhoni walks out to bat at Chepauk before CSK's IPL 2023 opener; Thala's iconic entry sends goosebumps in Chennai

Mar 28, 2023 07:10 AM IST
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faithful was busy chanting 'Dhoni-Dhoni' as MS Dhoni's stylish entry brought a huge round of applause at the Chepauk. CSK will meet Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans (GT) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 opener on Friday.

After a quick session of spray painting in which he showed his love for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) faithful, legendary cricketer MS Dhoni walked out to bat during a practice match in front of thousands of supporters at the famous MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday. Nicknamed Thala, the former India captain made his presence felt at the Chepauk ahead of CSK's campaign opener against Hardik Pandya’s Gujarat Titans (GT) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season 2023.
Dhoni was greeted with a deafening roar when the CSK captain graced the Chepauk pitch during the warm-up game(CSK Instagram)
Dhoni was greeted with a deafening roar when the CSK captain graced the Chepauk pitch during the warm-up game(CSK Instagram)

Dhoni was greeted with a deafening roar when the CSK captain graced the Chepauk pitch during the warm-up game. A video of Dhoni making a grand entry at the Chepauk was also shared by the official social media handle of the Super Kings franchise. CSK fans were serenading Dhoni when the legendary cricketer stepped out from the dugout at the Chepauk. The Chepauk crowd was busy chanting 'Dhoni-Dhoni' as Thala's arrival brought a huge round of applause. The video soon became the talk of the town on the internet.


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Dhoni will lead former champions Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming season of the IPL. Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings finished ninth in the 10-team tournament last season. The Yellow Brigade won four games and suffered 10 defeats in the league stage of the cash-rich tournament. Dhoni and Co. only amassed eight points in 14 matches last season. The 41-year-old was reinstated as the leader of the Chennai franchise after veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja relinquished the CSK captaincy to focus on his individual performance. Dhoni's CSK will meet Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2023 opener on Friday at the Narendra Modi Stadium.

While speedster Mukesh Choudhary is a doubtful starter, the overseas duo of Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana will join the CSK camp after playing their trade with Sri Lanka in the white-ball series against New Zealand. Earlier, CSK had roped in England's Ben Stokes for a staggering sum of INR 16.25 crore at the IPL 2023 auction. The four-time champions also acquired the services of former India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane for IPL 2023. Chennai Super Kings have returned to the Chepauk Stadium for their first complete IPL season at home since 2019.

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Priyanka Chopra Reveals Why She Left Bollywood: "I Had Beef With People"

 Priyanka Chopra from a podcast show. (courtesy: armchairexppod)

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Priyanka Chopra is one of the biggest names in Indian cinema to have made a successful crossover to Hollywood. After impressing fans and critics alike with her inspired performances in Hindi films, the actress made her debut in the music industry in Hollywood with her 2012 single In My City. While many assumed that scaling Hollywood was the natural progression for Priyanka Chopra after ruling Bollywood, in a new podcast the actress has revealed that she shifted her base and career to the US because was tired of the politics in the Hindi film industry and had “beef with people”.

Speaking to Dax Shepard on the podcast Armchair Expert, Priyanka Chopra said that she was sharing the reason behind her deciding to work in the US for the very first time. During the course of the podcast, Dax Shepard asked: “So how do you decide you want to even put yourself through that? Why'd you decide to put yourself through that and then what was it?” To this, Priyanka said, “I've never said this so I'm going to say it because you'll make me feel safe.”

Speaking about the circumstances around her move to Hollywood, she revealed: “I was being pushed into a corner in the industry (Bollywood). I had people not casting me, I had beef with people, I am not good at playing that game so I kind of was tired of the politics and I said I needed a break."

The actress explained that during this phase, Anjula Acharia of Desi Hits – who is currently Priyanka Chopra's manager –  saw her in a video and contacted her. At this point, Priyanka Chopra was shooting for Vishal Bharadwaj's Saat Khoon Maaf. Explaining that she had heard Priyanka Chopra's demo, Anjali asked if the actress would be interested in a music career in the US. The actress said that the offer came at a time when she was looking for options outside Bollywood.

She added, “This music thing gave me an opportunity to go into another part of the world, not crave for the movies I didn't want to get but I would require to schmooze certain clubs and cliques of people. It would require grovelling and I had worked a long time by then that I didn't feel like I wanted to do it.”
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 “So, when this music thing came, I was like ‘f*** it, I am going to America',” Priyanka Chopra confessed candidly.

The official Instagram page of Armchair Expert Podcast shared some behind-the-scenes images of Dax Shepard and Priyanka Chopra from the session. The caption says, “Starting off this week with a banger — Priyanka Chopra joins us today. Super smart, spunky as hell…we loved our time with Priyanka Chopra.”


As we know now, Priyanka Chopra's move to Hollywood was not confined to just the music industry. The actress cemented her place with her ABC series Quantico, and with the show become the first South Asian to headline an American network drama series.

The actress followed this up with a mix of Bollywood and Hollywood projects such as Bajirao Mastani, The White Tiger,  The Sky Is Pink, Baywatch, and The Matrix Resurrections, among others. Priyanka Chopra will be seen next in the film Love Again and the web series Citadel. In Bollywood, she will be seen in Jee Le Zaraa.

Priyanka Chopra also found love in Hollywood. The actress married singer Nick Jonas in 2018 and the couple welcomed their daughter in 2022.

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