Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) icon MS Dhoni rolled again the years with one other entertaining cameo within the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Friday. The previous CSK captain hit an unbeaten 26 off simply 11 balls, albeit in a dropping trigger towards the Gujarat Titans (GT) on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With CSK chasing 232, Dhoni arrived at no.8 and produced a valiant effort with the bat, however his staff misplaced the match by 35 runs.

Whereas there was a debate surrounding Dhoni’s batting slot, former India batter Virender Sehwag insisted that the 42-year-old needs to be batting greater up the order.

Whereas analysing the match, Sehwag mentioned that the talk surrounding his quantity ought to finish, however advised that others have to bat like him to attain large targets.

“We should always finish the talk round MS Dhoni’s batting place. He is aware of what he desires to do. It is his want. However if you wish to win the match, the shape he’s in, and the strike charge that he is batting at… the opposite batters have to play at an analogous stage. It felt at present that Mitchell and Ali could not match Sudharsan and Gill. Somebody has to attain a 100. Or Jadeja and Dube needed to rating a 20-ball fifty to get near the goal,” Sehwag mentioned on Cricbuzz.

“I do not wish to get into the talk. Wherever he bats, it is positive. He performed positive, and entertained the general public, who cares in the event that they win or lose? He entertained the general public, that is it,” he added.

After the match, CSK head coach Stephen Fleming Dhoni’s health and mentioned the staff administration could be very cautious in regards to the former skipper’s health and is aware of what he may give to the staff.

“Like simply hitting sixes and fours, which he has performed fairly effectively. And maintain in addition to a few of the greatest within the competitors if not one of the best within the competitors. So do not underestimate his affect on the staff simply because he is available in at No. 9. There is a timing facet, however we’re very cautious of what he may give us. And we’ll max that out,” Fleming was quoted by ESPNcricinfo as saying.

He additionally identified that CSK do not wish to put a lot stress on Dhoni the place they’ll lose him from damage. The pinnacle coach mentioned that the wicketkeeper-batter is “okay”.

“However we do not wish to max that out the place we lose him. So it is a delicate stability, however belief me, his greatest curiosity is with us, and his curiosity [is] in performing effectively for us remains to be very excessive. To place the nation comfortable – he is okay,” he added.

(With ANI Inputs)