MS Dhoni To Be Retained By CSK For IPL 2022 Confirms India Cements Official

Updated - 06 Oct 2021, 02:34 PM

MS Dhoni To Be Retained By CSK For IPL 2022 Confirms India Cements Official
MS Dhoni To Be Retained By CSK For IPL 2022 Confirms India Cements Official.

MS Dhoni To Be Retained By CSK For IPL 2022 Confirms India Cements Official. An official of India Cements, on Wednesday, confirmed that MS Dhoni, CSK’s skipper in the Indian Premier League will be retained by the franchise for the 15th edition of the league, IPL 2022. Former Indian skipper and the current captain of the Chennai Super Kings franchise, MS Dhoni, will be retained by the franchise in the IPL 2022 auction.

The news was confirmed by an India Cements official. Notably, MS Dhoni, on Tuesday, had stated that he will hopefully retire from the IPL after the 2022 season and had hinted that the team will play in Chennai when the biggest cricketing fest returns to action in India the very next year. Notably, a mega auction is set for the 2022 edition of the IPL to take place in December 2021.

MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni. Credits: IPL

MS Dhoni Will Be Retained For IPL 2022 By Chennai Super Kings Confirms India Cements Official

Ahead of the IPL 2021 playoffs, an India Cements official said, “We are going to retain MS Dhoni, he will be there next year and maybe few more years. Nothing has been decided yet, all he said was fans can see his farewell match in Chennai. There is no way to conclude that next year is his last one”.

Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings (Image Credit: Twitter)

Notably, Chennai Super Kings have been doing incredibly well in IPL 2021 so far. They have already qualified for the IPL 2021 playoffs having won 9 games of the 13 games that they have played so far in this year’s IPL. Their last group fixture of this year’s league is scheduled against Punjab Kings (PBKS) on Thursday.

MS Dhoni Appointed As The Mentor Of Team India For T20 World Cup

MS Dhoni has been appointed as the mentor of the India National Cricket Team for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021. This has been done in a quest to help India win an ICC trophy after a draught of almost 7 years. Dhoni has had the opportunity of leading team India and he has won 3 ICC trophies as the captain including T20 World Cup 2007, ICC ODI World Cup 2011, and the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.

T20 World Cup 2021: MS Dhoni Roped In As India's Mentor For The Tournament
T20 World Cup 2021: MS Dhoni Roped In As India’s Mentor For The Tournament

Virat Kohli has been leading the limited-overs side since 2017 and team India has failed to win an ICC trophy in these 4 years. India lost to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy final in 2017 and then lost to New Zealand in the ICC ODI World Cup semi-final in 2019.

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