‘Sharir se budha ho gaya but dimag to ab bhi same hai’ – Fans react as Irfan Pathan gets dishearten after seeing MS Dhoni struggle while running

In the 55th match of the Indian Premier League 2023, Chennai Super Kings beat Delhi Capitals by 27 runs at the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai. However, fans were delighted to witness the glimpses of vintage MS Dhoni. CSK skipper came to bat at number 8 and scored 20 runs off 9 balls with the help of a boundary and two sixes. However, he was seen limping during the innings due to a knee injury.

Speaking about the same former India allrounder Irfan Pathan got emotional. He pointed out how Dhoni is struggling while running between the wickets and how it disheartened him. Taking on Twitter Irfan said, “Seeing Dhoni limping thru running between the wickets breaks my heart. Have seen him run like a cheetah.” Notably, Dhoni is struggling with a Knee injury as he can be seen limping during the ongoing tournament.

However, the former Indian captain has scored 96 runs in eight innings with a strike rate of 204.25. However, Dhoni has only scored 24 runs this season via singles and doubles due to a minor injury in his left knee that he has had since the beginning of the tournament. This has been a concern for the team but Dhoni has given his all for the yellow army and continuously playing in the ongoing tournament.

“Dhoni is training in a certain way”, says Stephen Fleming

After the game, CSK coach Stephen Fleming revealed that Dhoni is training in a certain way to just target the last three overs. He is looking to play cameos in the end. He said, “He’s (Dhoni) just training a certain way,” Fleming said in the post-match press conference. “Dhoni knows he’s not going to bat for a long time, and we had a lot of batting ahead. So, he has concentrated on the last three overs. [He] wasn’t as mobile between the wickets today, but he pushed pretty hard.

“So, he has concentrated on pretty strong hitting practice, and you can see the benefits of that. He is just comfortable being able to play around the ground. We know how good a hitter of the ball he is, and his access in certain areas is still very strong. So that cameo again at the end was valuable in a hard-fought 20 overs.”

Here is how fans react to Irfan Pathan’s comments:

Please piece the broken heart together. We are probably going to see him lift the 🏆, handover to Pathirana.. walk off and come back fresh next year with a surprise ! 💛

— Prabhu (@Cricprabhu) May 10, 2023

Cheetah is Getting old . Can’t last forever unfortunately

— Amitabh Verma (@amitabh26) May 10, 2023

Age catches up with everyone.
But his mind still works the same way.
😃

— Abhishek Ojha (@vicharabhio) May 10, 2023

Ghayal Cheetah is more dangerous 😎

— Amresh Pratap Yadav (@amrecito) May 10, 2023

Remember Bumrah? KL Rahul ? Deepak Chahar? As far as fitness is concerned he is still better than most of the players in the current Indian team.

— Naveen (@_naveenish) May 10, 2023

Every good thing comes to an end one day.

I saw him on the 19th over after his two cents to P.Rana.

I can only sense his commitment and promise to his fans…

What else to say!

— Sasi Chandru (@SasiChandru13) May 10, 2023

CSK vs GT final 🤗🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/rQ1NjYsoCr

— Ibrahimpinjarie🇮🇳 (@Ibrahimpinjarie) May 10, 2023

Dhoni struggling in Running. His knee is not fine but still playing for fans 🤧❤️ pic.twitter.com/DORbANHsCb

— 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚 (@SuriyaLeo08) May 10, 2023

He's 40+ playing a league which isn't relavant at all for almost a crore for each game
What's so breaking in that
Is he playing for country?? It's just IPL

— ARSHM (@ArshAyubM) May 10, 2023

Looks like he is playing with knee most of the season. These tournament he really wants to win it for CSK probably to end on a high. That's why playing these games even though he is half fit

— Arun (@ImArunVK12) May 10, 2023

I think he is playing this session only for #csk and fans. If csk had a good ipl 2022, he might have gone from ipl and remember knee is broken not his Courage… #dhoni

— Shiv Chaudhary (@shivchaudhary0) May 10, 2023

And still he is playing better and leading well doing his best for the team than many others who are still actively playing

— Prasanth.K.Alex (@hty89076) May 10, 2023

41 msd is still better than 35 Rohit Sharam

That's why fitness important in cricket

— Shamsi (MSH) (@ShamsiHaidri) May 10, 2023

Yes it hurts. But we have to accept it. Hopefully knee will get better 🤞 and another definitely not.

— CA Gaurav Gosai (@GauravGosai4) May 10, 2023