Is dhoni playing ipl 2023

IPL 2023 was widely expected to be the swansong for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. But the 41-year-old legend has cast a doubt on those expectations and revealed that he would like to return to CSK for IPL 2024, provided his fitness allows it. Dhoni was speaking after his team won their fifth IPL title, defeating Gujarat Titans by five wickets on the last ball of the tournament. Incidentally, it was also Dhoni's fifth IPL title in what was his 11th IPL final appearance. MORE: Relive the drama of the IPL 2023 Final with our live blog here What did MS Dhoni say about playing IPL 2024? When quizzed by Harsha Bhogle, Dhoni said, "Circumstantially if you see, it's the best time to announce the retirement. The fans have showed me a lot of love. The easy thing for me to say is thank you and retire. But the hard thing to do is to work hard for nine months and try to play one more IPL season. "The body has to hold up. But the amount of love I have received from CSK fans, it would be a gift for them to play one more season. The way they've shown their love and emotion, it's something I need to do for them. It's the last part of my career. It started over here and the full house was chanting my name. It was my same thing in Chennai, but it will be good to come back and play whatever I can." MORE: How has MS Dhoni performed in IPL 2023? Dhoni's influence throughout IPL 2023 was critical for CSK, as they claimed the title. The skipper may have got Overall in IP...

By India Today Sports Desk: Former India batter Suresh Raina said he wouldn't be surprised if MS Dhoni turns up to play in the Indian Premier League in 2024, adding that the Chennai Super Kings skipper has been looking fit and batting well in the lead-up to the IPL 2023 season. Dhoni has been gearing up for what is probably his swansong in the IPL after having arrived in Chennai well in advance to train with the rest of his CSK teammates. Clips of MS Dhoni hitting big sixes and having fun at the CSK training camp have gone viral on social media ever since the World Cup-winning captain joined the training camp earlier in March. Dhoni is all set to lead CSK in the 16th edition of the IPL and his former teammate Suresh Raina is hoping that the 41-year-old does well with the bat and helps the 4-time champions land another title. Speaking during the Legends League Cricket tournament in Doha, Suresh Raina opined that Dhoni might suprrise the world by prolonging his IPL career but highlighted that it might not be easy for players like him and Ambati Rayudu to get into the groove straightaway without having played competitive cricket in the lead-up to the IPL 2023 season. CSK HAVE A STRONG TEAM: RAINA Raina, however, highlighted that Dhoni has been hitting them well at the nets and he hopes that his former captain is able to lead CSK to their 5th title in IPL 2023. "You must have seen the videos of him. The way he is playing the big shots (in the nets). I hope he does well and mak...

Former India captain and current skipper of Chennai Super Kings, MS Dhoni has been one of the biggest icons of the game. He is one of the most successful skippers in the IPL history, having led his team to the IPL trophy four times. The star cricketer has already kickstarted his preparation for the upcoming season of the IPL. MSD has been sweating it out with his squad in Surat ahead of the upcoming 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. After a glorious run in the previous year, he is getting ready to lead the charge of the yellow army once again for the upcoming season. However, he is already 40 years of age now and there have been rumors floating around whether he will play in IPL 2023 or not? He has already retired from international cricket back in 2020. While the world still remains clueless over MSD’s future in the IPL, a CSK official has answered the burning question. In an interview with InsideSport, a CSK official said that the Chennai-based franchise is unclear about Dhoni’s future. He said: “It’s his call. We can’t make a comment on when he will take that call. For us, it’s important that MS plays for many years. But he hasn’t conveyed yet when he will take the call,” Though eyebrows were raised on Dhoni’s form in the previous season of the IPL, the official said that they don’t mind it as long as the team is winning. Though, Dhoni took his team to their fourth title win, he only managed to score just 114 runs in 16 games at an average of just 16.28. During...

After answering the customary questions about his decision at the toss, the playing xi and the season for the franchise, Dhoni was asked about his future. Dhoni, in his own inimitable style, did not commit anything but said that he will be working hard to return next season. "Definitely, it's a simple reason. It will be unfair to not play in Chennai and say thank you," Dhoni said at the toss. "Mumbai is one place where as a team and as an individual I have got a lot of love and affection but, you know, it won't be nice to the CSK fans. And, also hopefully next year, it will be an opportunity where the team will be travelling. So, it will be like a thank you to all the different places playing games at different venues. "Whether it will be my last year or not that's a big question because we can't predict about something that's two years down the line but definitely I will be working hard to come back strong next year," Dhoni said when asked about his future.

MS Dhoni is one of the most accomplished cricketers of all-time and will go down as one of the greatest players to play the sport. The former India white-ball captain has won the T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, and won the Asia Cup three times. In that time he scored over 12,000 runs for his country, including 75 half-centuries, and took 378 catches with the gloves on. Dhoni is also a legend in Chennai. He led the Chennai Super Kings to four IPL titles and two Champions League wins in an 11-year span. He handed over the captaincy last year to Ravindra Jadeja but took the role back after a poor start to the campaign. So what is there left to do for the 41-year-old? MORE: Will MS Dhoni play IPL 2023? Yes. Despite not confirming it himself, a CSK spokesperson said it will be Dhoni's final season in the IPL and he will finish this year as captain. They told InsideSport, "Yes, it will be MS's last season as a player. That is what we know so far. But of course, it's his decision. He hasn't officially communicated to the management that he will go into retirement. It is a special occassion for all CSK fans as IPL returns to Chennai. But it will be a sad moment is Dhoni plays his final season." However, Dhoni's appearance in the tournament was thrown into fresh doubt after he missed Thursday's practice session with a niggling knee injury. Chennai take on defending champions Gujarat Titans in the opening match on March 31. If this is Dhoni's last few games as a ...

MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) are set to play against Hardik Padnya-led Gujarat Titans (GT) in final of Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday (May 28). CSK defeated GT in Qualifier 1 to reach the final, while GT succeeded in beating Mumbai Indians (MI) in Qualifier 2 to reach the final. In Qualifier 1 between CSK and GT, an incident had taken place which grabbed eyeballs and put CSK skipper Dhoni under the spotlight. CSK was defending a stiff target against GT and during the course of the match Dhoni asked pace bowler Matheesha Pathirana to bowl the 16th over of the innings. There is no denying the fact that Pathirana is Dhoni’s go-to bowler in the death overs but umpires raised an issue over Dhoni’s decision to ask Pathirana to bowl. It so happened that Pathirana had gone off the field for over 8 minutes after the 12th over and was required to spend four more minutes on the field before he can be allowed to bowl. Dhoni started arguing with the umpires and was unwilling to ask any other bowler to deliver the 16 th over. The argument between Dhoni and umpires went on for four minutes and Pathirana was eventually allowed by the umpires to bowl. Will Dhoni be banned from IPL 2023 final? No, Dhoni cannot be banned from playing in IPL 2023 final. A captain can get banned from paying a match only if he has repeated the slow-over rate offence thrice in the league. It is to be noted that Dhoni has been fined only once in IPL 2023...

On being asked about his IPL future during the toss ceremony between Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderbad, MS Dhoni gave an interesting reply and confirmed that he would stay with the Yellow Army. Though there's no confirmation if he will continue as a player or not. Dhoni has replaced Ravindra Jadeja as the captain of CSK. During the toss ceremony, Dhoni was asked about his future by presenter Danny Morrison. Dhoni gave an interesting reply to Morrison and confirmed that he would be with CSK next year as well. Though it isn't confirmed if he will in the playing role or not. "You'll definitely see me in the yellow jersey, whether it is this one, or some other one, you never know. You need to realise the current situation. We have dropped catches, those are the things you want to omit. Those are the areas you need to work on. We have a couple of changes. Bravo and Dube are out. Devon and Simarjeet Singh are in," he said.

While fans and experts widely believe the 2023 edition to be MS Dhoni’s last dance in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanathan expects the veteran wicketkeeper-batter to continue playing till at least next year. IPL 2023: “We believe MS Dhoni is going to play next season as well,” Viswanathan said in a video shared by the four-time IPL champions on their social media channels after playing their final league match of the season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, their home ground. Dhoni himself had dropped the occasional hint at this being his final run with CSK though he is yet to make a confirmatory statement on the same. “All said and done, it’s the last phase of my career, however long I play,” is what the 2011 World Cup-winning captain had said Dhoni, similarly, made mention of the F-word after CSK’s away clash against Kolkata Knight Riders at the Eden Gardens on 23 April. “I will just say thanks for the support, they came in big numbers. Most of these guys will come in a KKR jersey next time. They are trying to give me a farewell, so thanks a lot to the crowd,” Dhoni and Co have received tremendous support away from home this season, with venues such as Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium and Kolkata’s Eden Gardens bathed in yellow rather than blue, red and purple respectively, the colours of their respective home teams. The 2023 season was also the first time in four years that CSK were playing at their hom...