Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are taking on Rajasthan Royals (RR) in Match 17 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday (April 12).

The game marks the legendary MS Dhoni’s 200th as captain of CSK in the IPL. On his special achievement, Dhoni was felicitated by CSK owners.

In a video posted by the official handle of IPL on Twitter, Dhoni can be seen receiving a special memento from N Srinivasan, the owner of the Chennai-based franchise.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time, Dhoni has led CSK to four IPL titles (2010, 2011, 2018, and 2021 editions).

Ahead of Wednesday's game, Dhoni has captained CSK in 199 matches, winning 120 and losing 78 while one failed to produce a result. His win percentage with CSK as skipper is 60.30.

On his 200th match as CSK captain, MS Dhoni won the toss and opted to field first.

“We will bowl first. It maybe slightly on the slower side, different from the first game. Dew may play a role and it might get better in the second innings. (On his 200th game as CSK captain in the IPL) It feels good and also I feel the crowd has been fantastic,” Dhoni said at the toss.

“We have seen cricket change - how T20 was played at that point of time till now, a lot has changed. The crowd has been fantastic. We have had injury concerns and players were unavailable, but still we have done well. Mitchell Santner and Pretorius make way for Theekshana and Moeen,” he added.

Chennai Super Kings Playing XI vs Rajasthan Royals: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w/c), Sisanda Magala, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh