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‘Isko drugs ki itni knowledge kaise hai’ – Fans react to MS Dhoni’s ‘Deepak Chahar is like a drug’ statement

Published on July 11, 2023

Many Indian cricketers, including well-known players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, see MS Dhoni as a mentor, and they have all expressed gratitude for the advice he provided them in the early stages of their careers. Between 2007 and 2018, Dhoni led India as its captain for over 11 years. He has also led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) as their captain since the league’s first season in 2008.

Dhoni is known for maintaining a positive attitude with his teammates away from playing on the field. In the IPL 2023 season, Dhoni appeared to have a lot of humorous exchanges with all-rounder Deepak Chahar, which became a prime example of it. Now that he has discussed his relationship with Chahar, Dhoni has stated that he could be unable to see the versatile player evolve.

I was thinking that my career was over: Deepak Chahar

“Deepak Chahar is like a drug, if he is not there, you would think, where is he – if he is around, you would think, why he is here – the good part is that he is maturing but he takes time and that is the problem, in my lifetime, I won’t see him matured (smiles),” Dhoni was quoted as saying at the launch of ‘Let’s Get Married’, a Tamil film produced by his production company Dhoni Entertainment.

Chahar played an important role in CSK winning their fifth IPL title this year. He recently gave an example of how Dhoni works with his bowlers. “I was bowling in the death overs for the very first time. They never made me bowl in the death because it was not needed. There were bowlers like Shardul and Bravo to bowl the death overs. Now Bravo got injured. It was a critical match,” Chahar was quoted as saying in a recent episode of Breakfast with Champions.

Chahar claimed that he accidentally bowled two beamers in a row and got punished by Dhoni after that. “He (Dhoni) came to me and said ‘You act smart as if you know everything. Why are you bowling in this manner?’ I was thinking that my career was over. Then I gave 5 runs off the next 5 balls and after the match, he hugged me,” the 30-year-old asserted.

Here’s how fans reacted: