Five-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have not gotten off to an ideal start in the 2025 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

After starting their campaign with a four-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians, the Ruturaj Gaikwad-led suffered back-to-back defeats at the hands of Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals.

A day after CSK’s loss to RR in Guwahati, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja shared a post on social media, assuring the franchise's fans that there are good times ahead.

Jadeja posted a picture with former CSK captain MS Dhoni on Instagram story and captioned it as, "Things will change."

Jadeja and Dhoni tried their best to take CSK over the line against RR. The equation was 39 off the final two overs and both batters hit 19 runs in the penultimate over of the match, bowled by Tushar Deshpande.

In the final over, CSK needed 20 runs with Sandeep Sharma bowling. While the first delivery was wide, Dhoni’s dismissal on the second ball ended Chennai’s slim hopes.

Dhoni scored 16 runs from 11 balls, whereas Jadeja remained unbeaten on 32 off 22 deliveries as CSK fell 6 runs short of RR’s 183-run target.

Following the match, CSK head coach Stephen Fleming explained the reasoning behind MS Dhoni's batting position.

"MS judges it. His body is, his knees aren't what they used to be. And he's moving okay, but there's still an attrition aspect to it. He can't bat 10 overs running full stick. So he will gauge on the day what he can give us. If the game's in the balance like today, he will go a little bit earlier, and he backs other players when other opportunities are up. So he's balancing that," Fleming said in the pos-match presser.

"I said it last year [as well], he's too valuable to us - leadership and wicket-keeping - to throw him in nine, ten overs. He has actually never done that. So, look, from around 13-14 overs, he's looking to go depending on who's in," he added.

Chennai Super Kings will next face Delhi Capitals in their home ground at Chepauk on Saturday (April 5).