IPL 2022: CSK's 'Thala' MS Dhoni gets his timing right one last time
Updated On: 25 March, 2022 11:25 AM IST | New Delhi | PTI
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan has told everyone in media that it was Dhoni`s own decision and one should respect it
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In this undated photo, CSK players Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni. Jadeja was appointed as captain of Chennai Super Kings, ahead of IPL season, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. Pic/PTI
If Chennai Super Kings is a film, then MS Dhoni is its screenplay writer, director, main protagonist with a fine producer in N Srinivasan, who believed in his man`s vision implicitly. But after 14 years, for the first time, the word captain won`t be associated with Dhoni as he relinquished leadership duties with a sporting entity which had become a part of his identity. CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan has told everyone in media that it was Dhoni`s own decision and one should respect it.
It couldn`t be more accurate as cricket historians curating stories on IPL and art of T20 captaincy, may be a decade from now on will have two distinct eras --- `BD` and `AD` -- Before Dhoni and After Dhoni. The only time one saw Dhoni with moistened eyes in a public gathering was in 2018 when CSK made a comeback in IPL. Boy, he was emotional and the connect was visible. He is Chennai`s own `Thala`, who can never go wrong. He is a captain of their soul, they believe he is `Invictus` (Unconquerable) and why not? No IPL franchise has been a part of nine IPL finals in 12 editions (Remember, they were suspended twice).
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