MS Dhoni. (Photo Source: Twitter)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 finally came to a fitting end with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifting the title for the fifth time. The IPL 2023 final saw a thrilling conclusion at Narendra Modi Stadium with a last-over thriller between CSK and Gujarat Titans (GT). The MS Dhoni-led squad currently shares the title with the Mumbai Indians as the competition’s most successful team over the past 16 seasons, thanks to their fifth triumph.
Following this win, there have been reports that Dhoni is likely to undergo a series of tests regarding his knee injury. Throughout the IPL, there were multiple reports about the 41-year-old playing the matches with a knee injury. In fact, CSK head coach Stephen Fleming acknowledged the fact during one of his press conferences that the CSK skipper was dealing with a knee ailment.
There have been occasions where the former Indian wicketkeeper-batter was occasionally seen limping. During CSK’s lap of honor at the MA Chidambaram Stadium during Chennai’s final home game in the IPL 2023, a photo of him wearing a kneecap got viral as well. As per reports by Revsortz, the former Indian skipper is set to get admitted to the famous Kokilaben hospital in Mumbai this week so that tests can be performed for checking the magnitude of his knee injury.
This is the best time for me to announce retirement: MS Dhoni
Throughout the IPL 2023, Dhoni’s retirement was one of the major talking points of the season considering the stage at which he is in his cricketing career. In the post-match interview post-finale, Harsha Bhogle enquired about the former Indian player’s return to IPL 2024 to which Dhoni said that it all depends on his body as well as his fitness level at that time.
“Looking for an answer? Circumstantially if you see this is the best time for me to announce retirement. But the amount of love and affection that I have been shown, wherever I have been this year…I think the easy thing for me to say would be to say ‘Thank you very much’, but the tough thing for me would be to work hard for nine months and come back and play at least one more season of IPL. But a lot depends on the body,” MS added.