Suresh Raina and Akash Chopra
The campaign of MS Dhoni and Chennai Super Kings ended in IPL 2025. Five -time champions Chennai Super Kings finished 10th in this season points table for the first time. This is the first time in the history of IPL, when Chennai Points finished last in the table. This season, Chennai team won only 4 matches out of 14, while defeating 10 matches. CSK defeated Gujarat Titans by 83 runs in their last league stage match.
After this victory of CSK, there was speculation that MS Dhoni would not be part of the team, but at present MSD has retained suspense on his retirement. After the victory, Dhoni said that it depends. They have four-five months to take a decision, no hurry. They need to keep their body fit. At least it has become clear from Dhoni’s statement that he is not in the mood to take retirement at the moment.
Dhoni is currently 43 years old and will turn 44 years old after 2 months. That is, by the next season, he will be around 45 years old. In such a situation, it will be a difficult challenge for Dhoni to prove himself behind the bat and wicket next season. Cricket expert Akash Chopra also believes that Dhoni’s fitness can make it difficult for Chennai. However, Dhoni’s friend and former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina Akash Chopra did not appear to agree and there was a sharp debate on the live show between the two, whose video is now going viral on social media.
Is Dhoni fit?
Actually, Suresh Raina and former cricketer Akash Chopra clashed with Dhoni’s fitness and future. Akash Chopra said that the issue is why he is batting at number 7, number 8 or number 9? Your team is not batting well, problems are coming in the top order. Shouldn’t such a big player bat above? Are he even fit or not?
In response, Raina defended MSD and said that Dhoni has been with the team for 18 years. Even now, he hit the most sixes. He feels that he is more comfortable in the last four overs. He is also fit at the age of 44 and is doing wicketkeeping. Raina then asks the question that suppose 16 runs from 6 balls and you have options- MS Dhoni, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh. So whom will you choose? In response, Akash Chopra said that if the spinner is putting the ball, he will not choose Mahi because his figures are not very good.
Bangar also raised questions on Dhoni
After this, Sanjay Bangar also jumped into this debate and said that when it comes to overall fitness, there is no talk of running between the wickets or there is no talk of knee injury but also talks between the eyes and hands. Next year Dhoni will be 44 years old and no player has played till this age in the history of IPL. In such a situation, there may be a problem for them next season. However, Bangar did not agree to Raina and said that his wicketkeeping is still good. Will practice the next 6-8 months and will hit sixes again.
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