Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni didn’t let go of the fact that Deepak Chahar dropped Shubman Gill’s catch during IPL 2023 final. The incident happened in the second over of the Gujarat Titans’ innings. However, this didn’t have much of an impact in the end as CSK managed to clinch their fifth IPL title in a last-ball thriller on May 29.
After the game, Chahar was seen asking Dhoni for an autograph on his team shirt. Not to forget, the former India skipper did the same to Sunil Gavaskar in the end of the league stage. Meanwhile, the Ranchi-born did give the autograph but not before making fun of Chahar’s drop catch. The former did so in front of one of the Indian Cricket Board officials, Rajiv Shukla and Chahar himself.
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MS Dhoni may play in the IPL 2024
Meanwhile, the three-time World Championship-winning captain for India announced that he might play next year too. Apparently, there were rumors ahead of the tournament that he might retire. However, now, this might depend on how his body works as mentioned by him in the post-match presentation.
“If you see circumstantially this is the best time for me to announce retirement,” Dhoni said at the presentation after the final against Gujarat Titans. “But the amount of love and affection I’ve been shown wherever I’ve been this year, the easy thing for me would be to say, ‘Thank you very much’. But the tough thing for me is to work hard for another nine months and come back and play at least one more season of IPL. But a lot depends on the body, I have six-seven months to decide and it will be more like a gift from my side [to the fans]. It’s not easy for me but the way they’ve shown their love and affection, that’s something I need to do for them.
“You do get emotional for a simple fact that it’s the last part of my career and I think it started over here when I was playing the first game [of IPL 2023]. I just walked out and the full house was chanting my name. My eyes filled with [tears] and I just stood there in the dugout for a while, and I took my time and I realised that I want to enjoy it and not take the pressure. I think it was the same thing in Chennai, when I played my last game there, but it will be good to come back and play whatever I can.”
