New Delhi, April 11 -- MS Dhoni's return to captaincy was much talked about in the lead up to the Chennai Super Kings's vs Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday.

After CSK's season went from bad to worse post losing their regular captain Ruturaj Gaikwad to an elbow injury that has ruled him out of Indian Premier League 2025, the franchise turned to their talisman to lead them out of the downward spiral.

While the toss didn't go his way - KKR won the toss and chose to bowl first - it seems Dhoni got what he wanted from today's game. Speaking to Ravi Shastri after being put into bat first, MS Dhoni said: "We were looking to bat first. Quite a few occasions where we tried to chase it down and what we realised is tha...