3 min learnUp to date: Mar 28, 2026 10:29 AM IST
Chennai Tremendous Kings talisman MS Dhoni suffered a setback forward of his Indian Premier League return, with a calf pressure ruling him out of the primary two weeks of the season, the franchise confirmed on Saturday.
CSK are set to open their marketing campaign towards the Rajasthan Royals on the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati on Monday night.
“MS Dhoni is presently present process rehabilitation for a calf pressure. Consequently, he’s prone to miss the primary two weeks of TATA IPL 2026. Get effectively quickly, Thala,” CSK wrote of their assertion on social media.
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In Dhoni’s absence, CSK are prone to hand the wicket-keeping gloves to India opener Sanju Samson, who is taken into account as the previous India skipper’s successor on the franchise. Samson was traded in forward of the IPL 2026 public sale final December, with CSK exchanging Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran to the Rajasthan Royals for his companies.
Dhoni has solely performed within the IPL since saying his retirement from worldwide cricket in August 2020. Final season, Dhoni featured in all 14 matches for the Tremendous Kings, aggregating 196 runs at 24.50 with a 135.17 strike charge. Dhoni additionally took over the captaincy reins early on within the season final 12 months after an elbow fracture dominated captain Ruturaj Gaikwad out of the event.
Official Assertion
MS Dhoni is presently present process rehabilitation for a calf pressure. Consequently, he’s prone to miss the primary two weeks of TATA IPL 2026.
Get effectively quickly, Thala! 💛🦁 pic.twitter.com/4dgmt5EWFi
— Chennai Tremendous Kings (@ChennaiIPL) March 28, 2026
CSK ultimately bagged the wood spoon in 2025, ending with solely 4 wins in 14 matches. At 44, Dhoni’s look at any level of the event this version will make him the oldest India to ever characteristic within the league, surpassing former Mumbai leg-spinner Praveen Tambe.
The ageing CSK talisman has suffered from a number of accidents in current seasons. Regardless of carrying a knee harm within the 2023, Dhoni ultimately led CSK to their record-equalling fifth IPL title, beating Gujarat Titans within the ultimate.
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Dhoni stays as essentially the most capped participant within the IPL and is one among solely 4 gamers alongside Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Manish Pandey to seem for all 19 seasons of the event. In 278 matches, Dhoni has aggregated 5439 runs apart from the 205 dismissals from behind the stumps.