Sunil Gavaskar on MS Dhoni's Future In IPL: "Definitely Not"

aditi agarwal
May 13, 2022

​Chennai Super Kings' expectations of fitting the bill for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 end of the season games were run on Thursday as the side staggered to a five-wicket misfortune against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium. Batting first, CSK were packaged out for 97 as Daniel Sams got back with three wickets. Captain MS Dhoni was the solitary officer for CSK as he played an unbeaten thump of 36 yet he didn't get the ideal help at the opposite end and ran out of accomplices. Talking after the game, previous India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that Dhoni is as yet quick to do well for the establishment henceforth he anticipates that he should play in the following season also.

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​"Indeed, I mean, take a gander at the manner in which he has played. He is obviously showing he is sharp, still energetic about the game. In the field, is now and again most telling that when you get to 8-9 and you are hoping to kind of surrender the game, however here he was running between the overs, he was running from one finish to the next, and it shows he was quick to finish the following over," Gavaskar said on Star Sports after the game.

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​"He detected an open door with those 2-3 early wickets yet we have seen him do that routinely which signifies 'certainly not'. That is the thing Dhoni had said when Danny asked him (in 2020)," he added.

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​During CSK's last association stage game in 2020, analyst Danny Morrison had found out if that match would be his rearward in yellow. To that inquiry, Dhoni had answered: "most certainly not."

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​Before the beginning of IPL 2022, Dhoni had ventured down as CSK captain and Jadeja was given the reins of the group. Be that as it may, eight games into the season, captaincy was rewarded Dhoni as Jadeja needed to zero in on his own game.

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​Yet again before the game against SunRisers Hyderabad, Dhoni was gotten some information about his future, to which he had answered: "Well I said last time additionally, you will see me in the yellow pullover. Whether it is this yellow pullover or some other, you should stand by and watch."

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​CSK are presently at the 10th spot in the IPL focuses table with 8 focuses from 12 games.