The Chennai Super Kings are set to commence the defense of their IPL title when they take on last season’s runner-up Kolkata Knight Riders on March 26 at the Wankhede for the opening game of IPL 2022, the 15th edition of the league.
CSK have won the IPL four times and MS Dhoni is set for his swansong. The franchise built a strong squad during the IPL 2022 mega-auction last month.
Let’s have a look at the most famous WAGs of CSK players in IPL 2022:
Skipper MS Dhoni married Sakshi in 2010 and the couple has a daughter, Ziva. The mother-daughter pair has regularly been seen together cheering for CSK their main man from the stands.
It has been learned that Dhoni and Sakshi studied in the same school in their childhood. Both used to study together in DAV Shyamali School. In 2007, Dhoni and Sakshi first met at the Taj Bengal Hotel in Kolkata. Team India was staying in the same hotel. Sakshi was doing her internship in Hotel Management; interestingly, it was the last day of Sakshi’s internship when she met Dhoni at the hotel, according to jansatta.com.
Sakshi Dhoni is part of multiple businesses; she also served as the Director of the Amrapali Mahi Developers Pvt. Ltd, and Director of Rhiti MSD Alamode Pvt. Ltd.
Ravindra Jadeja‘s wife Riva Solanki is a politician
Riva Solanki will be seen in the stands during IPL 2022
Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who has been retained for 16 crores, has emerged as arguably the best current all-rounder in the world. He married Riva Solanki in 2016, who has a degree in mechanical engineering, but has carved out a successful career in politics; she is a member of the BJP in Saurashtra.
Robin Utthapa would be desperate to prove his worth in IPL 2022
Robin Uthappa played two crucial knocks in Qualifier 1 and the final against Delhi, helping CSK win both games. He has been bought back by the franchise for 2 crores. Speaking of Uthappa’s better half, Sheetal Gautam, whom he married in 2016, is a former Indian professional tennis player. She has won 5 ITF Singles and 13 ITF doubles titles.
Another IPL veteran and a big part of the CSK franchise, Ambati Rayudu was also bought back by the Yellow Army for 6.75 crores. Rayudu met his now-wife Chenupally Vidya during their college days in Hyderabad and they got married on Valentine’s Day in 2009.
Vidya, a housewife, prefers to stay away from the media. However, she is often seen watching CSK matches. Vidya’s nickname is Nimmi.
Deepak Chahar proposed to his girlfriend Jaya Bhardwaj in the stands after a match last season during the UAE leg. Jaya works in a private company. His brother Siddharth Bhardwaj has been a part of Bigg Boss. While no date has been finalized yet, Deepak and Jaya are expected to tie the knot in 2022.
IPL 2022 CSK Complete Squad:
MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Dwayne Bravo, Ambati Rayudu, Robin Uthappa, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, KM Asif, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Samarjeet Singh, Devon Conway, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Adam Milne, Mukesh Choudhary, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishaanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Varma.
