The Indian Premier League (IPL) is the present subject of debate amongst followers and analysts after the BCCI launched the schedule for the 2023 season of the league. Matthew Hayden, a former Australia opener, thinks Mahendra Singh Dhoni might not play one other recreation after this one. Following the discharge of the TATA IPL 2023 schedule, Hayden spoke solely to Star Sports on Friday. He mentioned the response Chennai Super Kings skipper Dhoni will obtain when he returns to the sector at Chepauk after practically three years.
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“It will likely be an incredible second. I believe final 12 months, we have been all underneath the impression that may MSD come again once more. At the shut of the IPL season, he made that massive remark to say that he will likely be again.
“Now, what that means for all that Yellow Army is that Chennai suddenly galvanized a tad around the superior leader, who has done it for so long. This will, most certainly, I think, be the close of his IPL career. So, those few games at the start are not only going to be key for the fans, his performance is going to be key for CSK this season,” mentioned Hayden.
Former India batter Sanjay Manjrekar agreed with his evaluation that Dhoni would be the key for CSK.
“Look, having watched T20 cricket over time, particularly with the IPL and the type of pressures that groups really feel, I consider that you could have one participant in your workforce on pure management.
“MS Dhoni doesn’t play regularly, so his impact with the bat is not going to be as much as it was in the prime, but somebody like MS Dhoni, with his leadership experience, you can have him in the team, to make a difference with his leadership. And this is a guy who’s had a team that was called the ‘Old Men Playing IPL Together’ and they won that particular season,” mentioned Manjrekar.
Dhoni had stepped down as captain earlier than the beginning of the 2022 version and handed over the captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja.
However, with the workforce struggling to win matches, Jadeja handed over the captaincy again to Dhoni.
