Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanathan expressed optimism that skipper MS Dhoni will likely be match to play the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, saying that the legendary wicketkeeper-batter and captain has recovered from his knee points rather well and is correct now going by means of his rehab and coaching periods.
At the launch occasion of the Junior Super Kings Interschool T20 match, Kasi mentioned to ANI, “He has recovered well (from his knee injury). He is undergoing his rehab programmes, started training. By the time the next IPL starts, I am sure he will be fit to play.” (IPL 2024: Memes Pour In After Reports Of Hardik Pandya Missing IPL 2024 Due To Injury Go Viral)
Dhoni’s standing in IPL 2024 was subjected to scrutiny by followers as he performed the final season with an injured knee. He additionally underwent a knee surgical procedure instantly after the season earlier this 12 months, which was profitable. The final season was additionally rumoured to be Dhoni’s final IPL season.
But following his staff’s fifth title win earlier this 12 months, MS had mentioned within the post-match presentation, “If you circumstantially see it is the best time to announce the retirement. 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 with 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 have shown their love and emotion, it is something I need to do for them.”
Dhoni scored 104 runs in 12 innings this IPL 2023. He scored these runs at a mean of 26, with a strike fee of above 182. His finest rating this season was 32*. Numerous his runs got here by means of his signature large sixes. (WATCH: Haris Rauf Steals Show In BBL Match, Comes Out To Bat Without Pads)
In 250 IPL matches, Dhoni has scored 5,082 runs at a mean of 38.79 and a strike fee of over 135, with 24 half-centuries and finest rating of 84*. He is the seventh-highest run-scorer in IPL historical past.
On the not too long ago held mini-auction in Dubai, Kasi mentioned that the staff was fortunate to have coated all of the bases, as per plans.
“Now it is up to the boys to do well on the field,” mentioned Kasi.
On getting star New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell for an enormous Rs 14 crores, the CSK CEO mentioned that there was a danger that they might lose an opportunity to get him.
“We were keen on Mitchell. He had done really well in the ICC Cricket World Cup. But we knew that it was risky, we could lose the opportunity to have him since he had done so well. At the end of the day, we are happy to have him,” mentioned Kasi.
In the final season of the IPL, the Kiwi star didn’t participate within the match. His final season was in 2022 with Rajasthan Royals (RR). He performed solely two matches within the extravagant T20 match and scored 33 runs. However, within the upcoming season, he’ll don the yellow jersey.
Daryl was New Zealand’s second-most profitable batter in WC 2023, scoring 552 runs in 10 matches with two centuries and two fifties at a mean of 69.00. The all-rounder has 1,069 runs for Kiwis in 56 T20Is at a mean of 24.86, with 5 fifties and eight wickets as effectively. He is a batting all-rounder. Kasi mentioned that the IPL camp for the subsequent season will begin by the primary week of March subsequent 12 months.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2024 squad: Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway*Maheesh Theekshana*, Matheesha Pathirana*, Mitchell Santner*, Moeen Ali*, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rachin Ravindra*, Shardul Thakur, Daryl Mitchell*, Sameer Rizvi, Mustafizur Rahman* and Avanish Rao Aravelly.
Players introduced through the public sale: Rachin Ravindra (Rs. 1.8 crore), Shardul Thakur (Rs. 4 crore), Daryl Mitchell (Rs. 14 crores), Sameer Rizvi (Rs. 8.40 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs. 2 crore), Avanish Rao Aravelly (Rs. 20 lakh).
