WATCH: Australia commentators discuss MS Dhoni’s new bat sponsorship during second T20I between Australia and West Indies

Former India skipper MS Dhoni has found a new bat sponsorship in the form of a shop’s name, started by his old friend. His friend owns a sports shop that sells sports goods for various sports. Ahead of the IPL 2024, Dhoni has started practicing in the nets for the seventeenth season. In one of his photos, the shop’s name can be seen on his bat sticker.

Meanwhile, during the second T20I between Australia and West Indies, the Aussie commentators were heard talking about Dhoni’s new sponsor. In the commentary box, ODI World Cup winners during their careers, Mike Hussey and Adam Gilchrist were in the comm box, alongside others. The former is part of the coaching staff of the IPL 2024 defending champions, Chennai Super Kings.

The former Australia wicketkeeper batter asked Hussey about his plans for the cash-rich league. Hussey replied that he would leave for India 10 days ahead of the tournament. At that point, Australia were batting.

Watch the video here

MS Dhoni will be the first player alongside Virat Kohli and others to play 17 seasons of IPL

Since the inception of the league, former India skippers MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are one of those players to play in the league for the 17th consecutive season. Apart from them, Shikhar Dhawan, Dinesh Karthik and many more have played in the tournament since 2008.

Chennai Super Kings squad for IPL 2024

Retained Players: Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande

Signed during the auction: Daryl Mitchell, Sameer Rizwi, Shardul Thakur, Mustafizur Rahman, Avanish Rao