IPL 2023: We must have all read or heard before the IPL 2023 season began that Mahendra Singh Dhoni will play his final IPL game on April 14 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. After that, Dhoni would never return to the IPL. Let’s check today’s article how much of the statement was true?
It so happened that Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings faced off on Sunday evening. The M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, the home field of CSK, hosted this game. This season (IPL 2023) match was held here for the final time. After winning the toss in this game, Chennai captain Dhoni choose to bat first and finished with 144 runs in 20 overs while losing six wickets. In response, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Chennai by six wickets by completing the run chase in just 18.3 overs.
But in this match of Chennai, more than the news of the defeat, the news of MS Dhoni is in the headlines. All Chennai and cricket fans are wondering whether Dhoni will retire from the IPL after this game or whether He will continue to participate in the remaining games of this season.
MS Dhoni gave a big hint about his retirement
If the visuals from last night are to be seen, it appears that Dhoni was bidding goodbye to his fans. After the match was over, the entire team, including Dhoni, threw tennis balls towards the crowd. At the same time, along with the rest of the players, Dhoni was seen throwing Chennai’s T-shirt towards the crowd. Obviously, it was an emotional moment for the Chennai fans. Ajinkya Rahane was also seen holding a poster in which he had written some special messages for the fans in the Telugu language.
Another incident was seen in the same middle ground which shocked the cricket fans. Actually, Sunil Gavaskar, the great player of the Indian team came running on the ground like a fan and took Dhoni’s autograph on his shirt.
Seeing all these scenes, the fans are feeling that Dhoni is going to say goodbye to IPL. But let us tell you all that Dhoni had earlier thanked the crowd in the same way in 2015 and 2019. Now we all know what is the relationship between Chennai and their fans.
Now the owner of his team does not know when Mahendra Singh Dhoni will say goodbye to IPL, but the team of icccricketschedule.com feels that Dhoni will play all the remaining matches in this season.
CSK Qualification Scenario for IPL 2023
IPL 2023 is now in the last week and till now we have not got any qualified team. Delhi Capitals is the only team that is out of the playoff race.
Chennai Super Kings are now second in the standings with 15 points after playing 13 games so far this season, winning seven of those games. Delhi Capitals will be the opponent in Chennai’s final league game of the current campaign. Chennai must win this game in order to guarantee its spot in the playoffs.
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