The IPL 2025 retentions and auction is on the cards and the excitement of fans is reaching its peak. As per reports, 31st October 2024 is the deadline for IPL franchises to submit their retentions list for the 2025 IPL.
MS Dhoni, the former CSK captain was involved in a recent interview, where he revealed many things about himself.
Last season, Dhoni handed over the captaincy of CSK to young Indian batter Ruturaj Gaikwad, who managed the team well and led them to finish 5th in the table. This year, the IPL Governing Council reinstated an old rule that would enable CSK to retain Dhoni as an uncapped player before the 2025 edition of the lucrative league.
During a recent interview, MS Dhoni states that “a few years of cricket are left in him” and “I just want to enjoy whatever last few years of cricket I am able to play,”. The wicketkeeper-batter retired from international cricket in in August 2020, and is only playing IPL for CSK, since then.
The former Indian player had a remarkable 2024 IPL season, scoring 161 runs in 73 balls, with an average and strike rate of 53.67 and 220.55 respectively.
“I have to keep myself fit for nine months so that I can play two and a half months of IPL. I have kept it very simple. I will train for 15, 20, 25 days, then take off for 15-20 days, so it really helps me be in the groove,” MS Dhoni spoke about his fitness.
MS Dhoni shares thoughts on India’s T20 World Cup victory
In a recent interview, former Indian captain MS Dhoni revealed about how he was watching the T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa, and how he believed till the end that the match could go either way.
“We were at home, some friends had come over. The way the second innings was going, most them had gone outside. They said to me, it is done, come join us outside. I said to them that in cricket, it is not over until it is over. None of them believed, even I was questioning but on the inside, I was asking ‘what should India do now?”- stated MS Dhoni.
He added “One of the things I firmly believed was that their batters were slightly light on the batting front. There was a time when they were cruising but when the stakes were high and it was very crucial, you get a chance and you want to do the most of it. I think we did that and we won the trophy”.
