Ms dhoni: IPL is going to be the most awaited match in 2025 today i.e. on 28 March. The match will be between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore, which the fans are very excited about. Because last year, RCB defeated CSK and excluded him from the tournament and celebrated very aggressively. In such a situation, the two are going to clash for the first time in this season, which the fans are excited about. But CSK has suffered a major setback before the match. MS Dhoni's ladla is not going to play this important match. Now who is this player and why the match will not play, let's know

CSK vs RCB match not playing MS Dhoni's biggest weapon

The 8th match of this season will be between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings have suffered a major setback before this match. In fact, Mathisha Pathirana, the biggest weapon of Chennai star fast bowler and MS Dhoni, will not be available for the match against Bangalore on Friday. Pathirana is currently injured. He is not yet fully recovering. So he will not be seen playing matches against Bangalore.

Stephen Fleming confirms Mathisha Pathirana

Chennai head coach Stephen Fleming has clarified Mathisha Pathirana not to play before the match against RCB. It is known that Pathirana did not even play in the first match against Mumbai. Let us know that Pathirana has been a prominent player for the team of MS Dhoni for the last few sessions. But his fitness has always been a matter of concern. He is also a victim of injury this season. According to media reports, Pathirana is still recovering, so now Chennai will be hopeful that he should be fit soon. Pathirana has been retained by Chennai for IPL 2025 for Rs 13 crore.

CSK has many options

Even though Pathirana is not available for CSK, Chennai team has sufficient bowling options. He has Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Shreyas Gopal for spin bowling, while Chennai has many options like Khalil Ahmed, Sam Curren, Overton, Nathan Ellis, Mukesh Kumar, Anshul Kamboj for fast bowling. Let's say this is the second match of Chennai. It was defeated by Rituraj Gikwad team in the first match to Mumbai Indians.