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Show Up In MS Dhoni's CSK Jersey - Alyssa Healy’s Request To Indian Fans
Follow UsSince both Australia and CSK sport the same yellow jersey, it would give the impression that fans are there to support the Aussies
Australian captain Alyssa Healy has jokingly urged Indian fans to wear MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings (CSK) jersey during the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, which starts on September 30 (Tuesday). Since both Australia and CSK sport the same yellow jersey, it would give the impression that fans are there to support the Aussies.
Australia will play all their league matches in Colombo, Indore, and Visakhapatnam. While none of the matches are at Chennai - CSK’s home ground in the Indian Premier League (IPL) - Dhoni’s star power and fanbase extend across India.
“I’d really like to encourage the Indian fans to show up in their Chennai MS Dhoni shirts because they’re yellow. That would be great. Yeah, so show up in that, have some yellow in the crowd, that would be nice,” Healy said at the captain’s day press meet.
Despite entering the tournament as overwhelming favourites, Healy stressed that the World Cup will be highly competitive and that Australia has no intention of getting complacent. “I don’t think it gets any easier. I feel like you have labelled us favourites, so thanks for that. But I don’t necessarily think that’s the case,” Healy said.
“I think India in their home conditions are going to be really, really tough to beat, along with a couple of captains sitting alongside. So it doesn’t get any easier. I think this ODI World Cup is going to be one of the strongest ones that I have been a part of.
“I don’t think it’s quite in the Australian culture to get too complacent about things at any point in time. People tend to write more about us when we lose than when we actually win, so it’s quite a nice thing to experience.
"I feel like I’m part of a really special group at the moment that wants to be better every single day. That mindset is already in place, it just allows them to go out there and enjoy their cricket on the field. That’s basically as simple as it gets. We go out there, we compete as hard as we possibly can and hopefully the results go our way.”
The seven-time World Cup winners will begin their campaign against New Zealand at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on October 1.