Watch: Odisha’s Subhranshu Senapati enjoys darts with Chennai Super Kings teammates

Mumbai/Bhubaneswar: Odisha captain and Chennai Super Kings batter Subhranshu Senapati was seen enjoying a game of darts with his teammates on Saturday.

Taking to their official Twitter handle, CSK shared a video of players, including club captain Ravindra Jadeja, enjoying a fun day off the field.

Wearing a red and white Arsenal FC shirt, the 25-year-old Senapati was spotted with his teammates playing darts.

Watch the video here:

Hitting the Bull’s Eye 🎯
Into the Kings Arena for some off field target practice!#WhistlePodu #Yellove 🦁💛 @TVSEurogrip pic.twitter.com/SD3sRYyMGN

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 16, 2022

Senapati, captain of Odisha’s senior men’s team in all formats, was picked up by CSK in this year’s auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League season for his base price of Rs 20 lakhs.

The opening batter in an exclusive interview with Sambad English had earlier talked about his experience with the franchise.

“I genuinely believed that this year might just be the year as I had performed reasonably well in limited-overs cricket. I was not just invited by CSK for trials but also by Mumbai Indians. I had even given trials for Punjab Kings but was unsuccessful. The new franchise Lucknow Super Giants had also approached me,” Senapati said on being picked up in the auction.

“So I had a feeling that I will get picked up by one of these teams in this year’s auction,” he added.

Senapati also shared his experience of meeting former Team India captain and his idol Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

“He gave me a lot of life lessons drawing from his own personal experiences in cricket. It was just incredible to sit across from him and soak it all in. He is one of the greatest cricketers of all time and I feel extremely lucky that I get to pick his brains every day,” Senapati said.

“I met MS Dhoni for the first time on my first day of practice after serving a quarantine period. I introduced myself to all the players while getting on the team bus. Mahi bhai was the last to get on. I had prepared a lot of things to say to him but words failed to come out of my mouth when he came in front of me. I could just manage to tell him my name before he went to his seat at the back of the bus,” he added.

“My interactions with him picked up pace as practice continued. He is also a great footballer which I learned after playing with him. During net sessions, I could see from the corner of my eye that he was observing me every day,” he said.