Chennai, March 1 -- As the five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) gear up for the upcoming IPL season, legendary Indian wicketkeeper/batter Mahendra Singh Dhoni and CSK skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad batted in the nets side by side and smashed the deliveries in equal measure on Sunday.

Chennai Super Kings posted a video on X, wherein Dhoni could be seen batting in the nets alongside skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad. Dhoni played a few neat drives through the off-side, a few pull shots using his backfoot and a few cut shots.

While skipper Gaikwad, who missed almost half of the previous IPL season due to injury, was seen hitting lofted shots towards mid-wicket.

Dhoni was retained by the Super Kings as an "uncapped play...