The world chess champion of Gukesh presented the CSK jersey from R Ashwin to Chepauk; Watch the video – Firstpost

One of the most popular cricket teams and the five -time champions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings, on Friday, one of the largest stars in the city – the world champion of chess of Gukesh.

The IPL franchise has published a comforting video on their X account in which the CSK R Ashwin player, who is also from Chennai, could be seen presenting a team jersey with the n ° 18 on the back in Gukesh.

The n ° 18 is of particular importance in the life of Gukesh when he became the youngest world champion of chess at the age of 18 last December. Gukesh beat the Ding Liren in China in the 2024 world chess championship.

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While Chennai is known for her love for cricket and CSK takes advantage of a crazy suite, the city has also produced some of the greatest chess players. The five -time world champion Viswanathan Anand is from Chennai in addition, Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and R Vaishali.

GUKESH is a fan of the former CSK DHONI captain

CSK also occupies a special place in the heart of Gukesh because he is a big fan of MS Dhoni. The former captain of India Dhoni had led CSK to five titles IPL.

“When I was younger, he was the Indian cricket player Ms Dhoni, now it’s Novak Djokovic,” Gukesh told PTI, speaking of his inspirations. “I think the two are great athletes and I admire a lot about them.

“I think that the way Dhoni and the great Djokovic of Dhoni and Tennis manifest themselves under immense pressure, they are players of big game and always come out in mind and come out of their best whenever it is necessary. This is why I am attracted to them. ”