This Never Happens- Irfan Pathan On MS Dhoni Honing His Wicketkeeping Skills In The Nets

Irfan Pathan, former Indian seam-bowling all-rounder, has expressed his surprise on seeing MS Dhoni hone his wicketkeeping skills during the Chennai Super Kings practice session in the United Arab Emirates.

Pathan, during his recent appearance on Star Sports show ‘Cricket Connected’, reckoned that he has never seen MS Dhoni practice his wicketkeeping in net sessions in all the years he has played with the former Indian captain.

He, however, opined that it might be because of the fact that Dhoni is making a comeback to competitive cricket after such a long period of time.

‘’We have seen a new visual where we have seen MS Dhoni keeping the wickets. This never happens, this is something new for me because I have played cricket for so many years with him, whether it is for the Indian team or in the league with CSK, I have never seen him keeping wickets.” Irfan Pathan said.

‘’So this is because he has not played cricket for a long time. I guess there was some leg-spinner bowling, so he may be trying to check the new bowlers but it is good to see that he is doing keeping during practice.”

MS Dhoni was greeted with a loud cheer from his fans as he boarded the team bus

Irfan’s former colleague Ajit Agarkar expressed his delight at the fact that after a lot of hiccups, the MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings have finally kickstarted their training.

”Absolutely, this had to happen. And these are good visuals because there have been some disruption in Chennai Super Kings after the withdrawal of two players with Suresh Raina coming back and Harbhajan Singh not playing.” Agarkar said.

“So, it is a good news that practice has started and it is not a surprise that fans have reached there to see MS Dhoni. This is happening for so many years and it is not a shock that it is happening now also. COVID is there but still fans have reached there to watch MS Dhoni “It is a great news that CSK have started practising, a little later from other teams but there is still time for the tournament to start.” he added.

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League will kickstart from September 19th with MS Dhoni’s CSK locking horns with four-time champions Mumbai Indians.

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