DC vs CSK IPL 2024: Why MS Dhoni Batting Up at the 'special' Vizag Stadium Would be Perfect

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Chennai Super Kings are set to take on Delhi at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy at ACS-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Sunday (March 31). The IPL 2024 clash is being hosted at this venue as DC has adopted it as their home for the first two matches.

MS Dhoni is expected to play for CSK in the match and there is a question already in the mind among the fans ahead of this highly anticipated match.

MS Dhoni hasn't batted so far in this IPL season. The CSK supremo has slotted himself at no. 8 for the season and the likes of Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi have batted ahead of him.

The veteran is a massively popular name across the country but fans have so far been disappointed as they haven't seen him coming out to bat. Although Dhoni has wowed his fans by taking a superb catch, the longing to see Dhoni clearing the boundaries with those Helicopter Shots is yet to be fulfilled.

As CSK take on Delhi at the YS Rajasekhara Reddy Stadium in Vizag, there is a hope that Dhoni would promote himself up in the order, at least for this venue.

IPL 2024: Why Dhoni May Bat Higher in Vizag?

Dhoni is someone who doesn't break the routine. But there is a special connection between him and the Vizag Stadium. In 2005, when Dhoni was just breaking into the Indian team, a certain thing happened here.

In an ODI match against Pakistan, Dhoni was promoted by then-India captain Sourav Ganguly. The young 23-year-old Dhoni scored a scintillating century. The day was April 5, 2005 when Dhoni played a fantastic knock of 148 runs off just 123 runs, thus scored his maiden ODI century.

Almost 19 years down the line, Dhoni has grown into a monument in Indian cricket. The former India captain is a multiple-time World Champion and is a five-time IPL winner with CSK. As he steps onto the Vizag pitch, there will be a tinge of nostalgia among the fans. Although Dhoni is a deeply nonchalant person in these kinds of situations, his coming a bit higher up can make the day for many.

will Ruturaj Gaikwad do a Sourav Ganguly and urge Dhoni to bat up the order? As many predict this will be Dhoni's swansong year, the CSK veteran taking guard at the Visakhapatnam ground will be a frame to behold. But to be fair, Dhoni is likely to bat at his usual position and unless Chennai are six down, it looks a bit far-fetched for Dhoni to come and swing his bat just for the sake of satiating the nostalgia.