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The Chennai Super Kings maintain their chance to qualify for the IPL 2026 playoffs despite struggling through their season. The team plans to continue their competitive performance when they play against the Lucknow Super Giants who have already been eliminated from the tournament on May 15 at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

The team CSK achieved important wins during their second half of the tournament which allowed them to continue their campaign. LSG has experienced a complete breakdown of their season because of multiple disappointing game outcomes.

The teams prepare for their upcoming IPL 2026 match but people still question whether MS Dhoni will return to the league for that season. The latest information about Dhoni's calf injury provides an update on his current condition.

Chennai Super Kings has not used their former captain in any matches during this active season. The 44-year-old wicketkeeper-batter needed two weeks of rest because of his ongoing calf injury. Newer reports confirmed that he had passed his fitness evaluations. Yet, he remained excluded from the CSK lineup which resulted in fan dissatisfaction.

The franchise announced that Dhoni would miss only the opening two weeks of the campaign. The tournament is now entering its midpoint yet he has not returned to the team.

Recent reports have confirmed that MS Dhoni has remained in Chennai to continue his rehabilitation. As a result, fans will once again miss seeing him in action against Lucknow Super Giants tonight. The upcoming match will be CSK's twelfth game of the current season which they will play without Dhoni. The Ruturaj Gaikwad-led team must win all remaining league matches to bring back their player before IPL 2026 playoff matches start.

CSK suffered a major defeat in their attempt to reach the IPL 2026 playoffs when all-rounder Jamie Overton returned to England because of his right thigh injury on Wednesday.

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The IPL confirmed on Thursday that Jamie Overton had exited the league while Dian Forrester took his place as the new player. The English all-rounder currently holds the position of CSK's second-best wicket taker for this season after he acquired 14 wickets at an average of 17.78 with an economy rate of 8.89. He also won the Player of the Match award for his figures of 3 for 36 in CSK’s previous five-wicket win over LSG on May 11.

The CSK team signed Karnataka all-rounder Macneil Noronha to replace their injured pacer Ramakrishna Ghosh who suffered a broken foot during his debut match in the IPL just hours before the Overton update.