‘Dil garden Garden ho riya hai’ – Fans take joy in MS Dhoni’s ‘you’ve decided that it’s my last season’ statement

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni has been rumored to retire after the ongoing IPL 2023. As per reports surfaced ahead of the tournament, a CSK official hinted towards the same. However, he also maintained that there is no communication between Dhoni and the franchise. Meanwhile, the swing bowler of the team, Deepak Chahar denied the reports in an interview ahead of the tournament.

Recently, head coach Stephen Fleming said that there is no indication from Dhoni to retire after the tournament. Meanwhile, ahead of the ongoing game between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings, the former India skipper was asked about retiring from the league by Danny Morrison. However, the former decided to stay mum like he has been doing since a long time.

Danny Morrison asked,” How you’re enjoying your last season?” “You’ve decided that it’s my last season, not me,” Dhoni replied with a laugh.

MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings in the game against Lucknow Super Giants

Meanwhile, the Yellow Brigade, CSK won the toss and elected to bowl first given the rain ahead of the game and during the game. The team bowled well as they took five wickets for 44 runs. However, the likes of Ayush Badoni and Nicholas Pooran put together 59 runs. Before the rain arrived, the home team, LSG has gotten 125/7 in 19.2 overs.

Playing XI

Chennai Super Kings Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Substitutes: Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Shaik Rasheed, Akash Singh

Lucknow Super Giants: Manan Vohra, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya (capt), Karan Sharma, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Ayush Badoni, K Gowtham, Naveen-ul-Haq, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan

Substitutes: Yash Thakur, Daniel Sams, Quinton de Kock, Prerak Mankad, Deepak Hooda