MS Dhoni gave no trace of retirement to his franchise after Sunday’s recreation at Chinnaswamy Stadium the place Chennai Tremendous Kings misplaced their final league to Royal Challengers Bengaluru within the closing over. Whereas there have been speculations about Dhoni’s future, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan mentioned that “there hasn’t been any discussions” on the difficulty.
“There have been no discussions within the dressing room about it. We’ve by no means requested him about his future and neither has he mentioned something about it. When he takes a call, he’ll inform us, till then we won’t intrude,” Viswanathan instructed The Indian Specific. In the meantime, it’s learnt {that a} day after CSK did not make it to the play-offs, Dhoni left for Ranchi and it’s understood that he can be travelling abroad.
After present process knee surgical procedure in Might 2023, Dhoni went on to play all 14 video games this season, scoring 161 runs at a strike fee of 220.55, which included 13 sixes. Head coach Stephen Fleming and batting coach Mike Hussey continued to take care of that Dhoni’s potential to hit the ball lengthy and laborious nonetheless stays the identical and there aren’t any points along with his health.
It’s learnt that Dhoni’s resolution to give up or proceed relies on the gamers’ retention rule that BCCI will probably be deciding on earlier than subsequent season’s large public sale. Forward of the 2022 participant auctions, when CSK retained 4 gamers, Dhoni moved from the highest pay bracket to second, and now will get Rs 12 crore, with Ravindra Jadeja being the best at Rs 16. With a complete staff set to be constructed, whether or not Dhoni continues to play and take up a serious chunk of the public sale purse stays to be seen. Because the World Cup-winning captain provides a whole lot of weight to CSK’s model, the franchise must take a tricky name.
On the eve of this 12 months’s IPL, Dhoni stepped apart because the captain of CSK, handing over the reins to Ruturaj Gaikwad. At the moment, Fleming mentioned that Dhoni took the decision in order that he may groom him into the function. However going ahead, his future as a participant will totally rely upon his health. Having suffered a pressure, Dhoni needed to restrict his actions and was additionally not in a position to decelerate simply whereas working between the wickets. With even fast turnarounds deemed dangerous whereas working, Dhoni restricted his function as a finisher to only the final couple of overs, until pressured.
Talking on Star Sports activities, former CSK participant Ambati Rayudu believed this isn’t Dhoni’s final. “I don’t assume that is his final recreation. I simply don’t see him wanting to finish on this notice. He seemed a bit annoyed, even when he acquired out. That’s very not like MS Dhoni, he simply wished to qualify and end on a excessive. However you by no means know with MS Dhoni, he would possibly come again subsequent 12 months,” he mentioned.
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