Will Chennai Tremendous Kings’ long-standing love affair proceed for one more yr? With loads of commerce offers confirmed and rumoured nonetheless forward of the retention deadline on Saturday, the large query nonetheless stays across the former India captain, and presently uncapped member of the CSK squad. On Thursday evening, in a social media put up, the franchise posted a video of their mascot Leo answering telephone calls which requested the identical query in a number of languages: Will Thala play subsequent season?
The put up reads: “You all requested in each language identified. Leo nonetheless selected — — ·-· ··· ·” (The final a part of the message is Morse written in Morse Code.) The video ends with Leo posting a cryptic message in Morse Code on a black T-shirt. The primary three strains of the Morse Code, together with house breaks, and the ultimate line minus house breaks, reads as follows:
O N E
L A S T
T I M E
?
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The query mark on the finish which is ..–.. merely stands for a query mark, that means it’s not but official if the legendary CSK veteran is about for one more season. CSK’s official stance final week was that they hoped Dhoni will characteristic within the subsequent version. The 44-year-old, who stepped in as captain final season after an damage to Ruturaj Gaikwad, hasn’t introduced his intentions as but. However in line with the franchise’s CEO Kasi Viswanathan, the door continues to be very a lot open for him to proceed as a taking part in member of the squad.
You all requested in each language identified.
Leo nonetheless selected — — ·-· ··· · 😉✨#LeoHotline #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/TSylWZZdZC
— Chennai Tremendous Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 13, 2025
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“We’re hopeful that he would play. He hasn’t mentioned no up to now, so we anticipate him to play the subsequent season as nicely,” Viswanathan mentioned final Friday. With the franchises having to formalise their retentions by November 15 forward of the public sale scheduled for later this yr, the social media deal with posted the teaser in Morse Code. After ending on the backside of the desk final season with 4 wins and 10 defeats, the five-time champions are getting ready for a partial overhaul of the squad. As regards to Dhoni, his contribution has been restricted, as he has predominantly most popular to return in on the backend of a batting innings, with a few overs left.
Whereas there’s Urvil Patel as a backup wicketkeeper possibility, the franchise had been in talks with the Rajasthan Royals over a doable commerce for Sanju Samson, which is now set to happen with Ravindra Jadeja and Sam Curran shifting the opposite method. Neither franchise has confirmed the commerce but although.
Talking at an occasion in August, Dhoni had mentioned CSK are kind of sorted on the batting entrance however conceded that the squad had holes to be plugged. “There have been sure holes that we have to plug in. I believe our batting order is sort of sorted out now. Rutu (Gaikwad) will likely be coming again. A small public sale is coming in December. You recognize some holes are there, and we’ll attempt to plug these in. However once more, it’s a must to be at your finest at the beginning of the match. It’s a must to get the planning proper. It’s a must to use the sources in the very best method. Even the followers really feel upset, but in addition the actual fact is the gamers at all times really feel extra upset than the followers. So we do discuss concerning the processes. However on the similar time right here, we do need the end result to return to our aspect. Final yr wasn’t there. However trying forward we’ll attempt to type out a lot of the issues. And we’ll hopefully be at our greatest,” Dhoni had mentioned.