Doubts stay whether or not MS Dhoni will return to play one other season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), however Dhoni’s shut good friend and former India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) teammate Suresh Raina desires the legend to hand-hold Ruturaj Gaikwad for one more season to show him captaincy expertise.
Dhoni handed over the CSK captaincy to Gaikwad forward of IPL 2024.
Speaking to ‘Sports activities Tak’, Raina mentioned Dhoni’s batting over the past version of the IPL left little doubt that he has one other season left in him.
“I need MS Dhoni to play in IPL 2025, contemplating how he batted final 12 months. I really feel Ruturaj Gaikwad wants another 12 months, the way in which he captained and quite a lot of issues had been mentioned after the loss to RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru). Nevertheless, Ruturaj has performed an incredible job,” mentioned Raina, who introduced his worldwide retirement on August 15, 2020, inside hours after Dhoni did the identical.
However whereas Raina has additionally stop the IPL, Dhoni continues to play.
Dhoni, who was troubled by a knee damage over the past IPL season, batted decrease down the order within the function of a finisher and performed some blazing cameos. He aggregated 161 runs in 14 matches and scored at a strike price of 220.25.
The IPL will maintain a mega gamers’ public sale forward of the 2025 season, and Dhoni is enjoying wait and watch until the public sale guidelines on participant retention are introduced, after which he’s anticipated to disclose his resolution on whether or not to proceed enjoying or bid the league adieu.
“Now we have to see what resolution they tackle participant retention, and so on…So as soon as the principles and rules get formalised, I’ll take a name, nevertheless it must be in the perfect curiosity of the group (CSK),” Dhoni had mentioned earlier.
Dhoni handed over the CSK captaincy to Gaikwad forward of IPL 2024.
Speaking to ‘Sports activities Tak’, Raina mentioned Dhoni’s batting over the past version of the IPL left little doubt that he has one other season left in him.
“I need MS Dhoni to play in IPL 2025, contemplating how he batted final 12 months. I really feel Ruturaj Gaikwad wants another 12 months, the way in which he captained and quite a lot of issues had been mentioned after the loss to RCB (Royal Challengers Bengaluru). Nevertheless, Ruturaj has performed an incredible job,” mentioned Raina, who introduced his worldwide retirement on August 15, 2020, inside hours after Dhoni did the identical.
However whereas Raina has additionally stop the IPL, Dhoni continues to play.
Dhoni, who was troubled by a knee damage over the past IPL season, batted decrease down the order within the function of a finisher and performed some blazing cameos. He aggregated 161 runs in 14 matches and scored at a strike price of 220.25.
The IPL will maintain a mega gamers’ public sale forward of the 2025 season, and Dhoni is enjoying wait and watch until the public sale guidelines on participant retention are introduced, after which he’s anticipated to disclose his resolution on whether or not to proceed enjoying or bid the league adieu.
“Now we have to see what resolution they tackle participant retention, and so on…So as soon as the principles and rules get formalised, I’ll take a name, nevertheless it must be in the perfect curiosity of the group (CSK),” Dhoni had mentioned earlier.
