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MS Dhoni’s swansong? Former India teammate says IPL 2026 could be the last time legendary ex-CSK captain is seen in team’s colours | Cricket News

MS Dhoni’s swansong? Former India teammate says IPL 2026 could be the last time legendary ex-CSK captain is seen in team’s colours | Cricket News

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3 min readMar 14, 2026 03:28 PM IST MS Dhoni is set to appear in his 19th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), being the only player who was among the captains in the inaugural 2008 season to be still active in the league. Dhoni has played all but two of these seasons for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and has pretty much been the primary face of the franchise, leading them to a record-equalling five titles. Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan feels that the upcoming 2026 season could truly be the last time fans get to see the 44-year-old play in the team’s famous colours. “CSK is incomplete without MS Dhoni. This season might be the last time we see him in the yellow jersey and it’s tough to imagine CSK and the IPL without him,” Pathan, who was an integral part of the Indian team that Dhoni led to victory in the 2007 T20 World Cup, said on JioHotstar’s ‘Game Plan’. “As soon as the IPL comes around, we start seeing Mahendra …

Hopeful MS Dhoni would play next season of IPL, says Chennai Super Kings CEO | Cricket News

Hopeful MS Dhoni would play next season of IPL, says Chennai Super Kings CEO | Cricket News

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With the deadline for the IPL retentions nearing, Chennai Super Kings are hopeful that MS Dhoni will feature in the next edition. The 44-year-old, who stepped in as captain last season an injury to Ruturaj Gaikwad, hasn’t announced his intentions as yet. But according to the franchise’s CEO Kasi Viswanathan, the door is still very much open for him to continue as a playing member of the squad. “We are hopeful that he would play. He hasn’t said no so far, so we expect him to play the next season as well,” Viswanathan said on Friday. With the franchises having to formalise their retentions by November 15 ahead of the auction scheduled for later this year, Chennai are set to have a meeting in the coming days with Gaikwad, Dhoni and head coach Stephen Fleming. As reported earlier, the franchise had a four-day trial session a month ago to look at some of the exciting prospects in the domestic circuit. After finishing at the bottom of the table last season with four wins and 10 …

‘If I was MS Dhoni, I would say “enough”‘: Sanjay Bangar’s honest take on CSK legend playing another IPL season | Cricket News

‘If I was MS Dhoni, I would say “enough”‘: Sanjay Bangar’s honest take on CSK legend playing another IPL season | Cricket News

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Chennai Super Kings endured their 10th loss in 13 games in the ongoing Indian Premier League, losing by six wickets to the Rajasthan Royals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Tuesday. Batting first, five-time champions could just score 187/8 with the lens on captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni once again as he laboured to a 17-ball 16-run knock. So far in 13 innings, Dhoni — who took over captaincy mid-way through the season after captain Ruturaj Gaikwad’s injury — has managed to score just 196 runs at an average of 24.50 and at a strike rate of 135.17. His top score has been an unbeaten 30. After the latest defeat for Dhoni and Co, former India cricketer Sanjay Bangar said that if he were MS Dhoni, he would say ‘enough’ after this season. “It all boils down to MS, but if I was MS, I would say ‘enough’. I’d say, ‘Okay, I have played whatever I wanted to play, I have looked after the interest of the franchise’, if there’s any, if that …

Dhoni speaks: ‘No one gives you a discount for your age in professional sport’ | Ipl News

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s future is one of the most debated topics in Indian cricket at the moment. especially after the Chennai Super Kings were eliminated by the Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL 2024 group stages. While Dhoni himself hasn’t spoken out about his future, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan recently told The Indian Express that the franchise has never asked Dhoni about what his plans are. “There were no discussions in the dressing room about it. We have never asked him about his future and neither has he said anything about it. When he takes a decision, he will inform us, until then we will not interfere,” Viswanathan had told The Indian Express. Now, in a video that surfaced on the internet, Dhoni can he heard talking about why he takes his fitness so seriously. “The toughest thing is… I am not playing cricket throughout the year. So I have to be fit. Once I come, you are competing against youngsters who are fit and playing international cricket. Professional sport is not easy, nobody gives …

‘Dhoni should go to school on RCB bowlers’: Matthew Hayden on what he wants to see in RCB vs CSK | Ipl News

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni could possibly be playing his final IPL game today at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, when it plays host to the RCB vs CSK IPL match. While Dhoni has not confirmed that he will be retiring after this season — choosing to keep even CSK batting coach Michael Hussey in the dark about his future plans — there is an expectation that it could be Dhoni’s final game if RCB defeat CSK and the Chennai franchise are knocked out. RCB vs CSK IPL match liveblog At the moment, the chances of CSK getting knocked out are slim. Chennai can sneak through into the IPL playoffs with a defeat to RCB too. If CSK win, they stride into the playoffs. If it gets washed out due to rains, then too the five-time champions will make it to the playoffs. For RCB, however, the equation — and consequently, the room for error, is tighter. RCH will have to win by a certain margin: for example, if it’s for a score of 200 by the team batting …