Mohammad Kaif believes the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 can be Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) star MS Dhoni’s ultimate season. He mentioned that the veteran wicketkeeper-batter may even retire halfway by the season.
The previous cricketer famous that Dhoni would not play some other cricket aside from the IPL. He urged that taking part in such a high-profile match with out a lot match observe could be robust for any participant.
Kaif remarked that Dhoni may hold up his boots quickly if CSK succeeded in buying and selling wicketkeeper Sanju Samson from the Rajasthan Royals (RR) forward of the IPL 2026 public sale. The cricketer-turned-commentator mentioned in his YouTube video:
“This might be his final season. I believe if the Sanju Samson deal will get accomplished, he might go away halfway after taking part in seven-eight matches. However this might be his final, for positive. It’s 2026, and he would not play some other cricket. It isn’t simple to simply play IPL to IPL.”
Notably, the brand new retention guidelines allowed CSK to retain MS Dhoni as an uncapped participant for ₹4 crore forward of IPL 2025. He returned because the group’s captain within the season, with common skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad getting dominated out as a consequence of an elbow harm after 5 video games.
Nevertheless, the Chennai-based facet had a dismal season as they completed on the backside of the factors desk for the primary time. Their marketing campaign ended with simply 4 victories from 14 fixtures.
“A finisher has to hit a six on his first ball” – Mohammad Kaif highlights the challenges of MS Dhoni taking part in restricted matches in a yr
Mohammad Kaif identified that MS Dhoni performs as a finisher for CSK. He defined that batters taking part in in these positions should play attacking pictures proper from the phrase go.
The 44-year-old reckoned performing such a task was tougher for Dhoni as he performs a restricted variety of matches in a yr. Kaif added in the identical video:
“You want to work 4 occasions more durable for this position, the place you get to face only a few balls. A finisher has to hit a six on his first ball, so he has to maintain his eyes open on a regular basis.
“An opener, however, can nonetheless alter. No one would say something even when he leaves one ball, however for those who play a dot at No. 6 if you want 25 off 10, everybody will say, ‘Dhoni is taking part in dots at this stage.’ The finisher’s position within the IPL requires a number of laborious work. That’s the reason I really feel he’s not in contact.”
In the meantime, MS Dhoni scored 196 runs throughout 13 innings at a strike fee of 135.17 in IPL 2025.
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Edited by Aditya Suketu Desai