IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings to take on Gujarat Titans in the opener today

Mahendra Singh Dhoni will lead the Super Kings, while Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ravindra Jadeja, Ben Stokes, and Ajinkya Rahane are also part of the squad.

The Super Kings started their camp in Chennai in early March, with MS Dhoni being one of the first to arrive at our Anbuden.

Earlier, the Super Kings bought a total of seven players in the auction that took place on December 23.

Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, and Bhagath Varma. 

Mukesh Choudhary has also been ruled out of the tournament as he is recovering from a stress fracture. Left-arm pacer Akash Singh has been named as the replacement.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Titans, who are the defending champions, will be led by Hardik Pandya.

Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Ben Stokes, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Dwaine Pretorius, Deepak Chahar, Simarjeet Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Bhagath Varma, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Jadav Mandal, Prashant Solanki, Akash Singh

Gujarat Titans: Abhinav Manohar, Shubman Gill, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya(c), Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade(w), Rashid Khan, Shivam Mavi, Alzarri Joseph, Mohammed Shami, Yash Dayal, Srikar Bharat, Wriddhiman Saha, Sai Sudharsan, Urvil Patel, Vijay Shankar, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Odean Smith, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Darshan Nalkande, Noor Ahmad, Mohit Sharma, Pradeep Sangwan.