Made a big disclosure about Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s retirement from IPL. (Photo-Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)
The Indian Premier League (IPL) under the captaincy of former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2025, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) performed very poorly and stood at the bottom of the points table. After this, there was speculation about Dhoni’s retirement from IPL, but during an interview, he has made a disclosure that has shocked cricket fans. Mahendra Singh Dhoni He talked about playing more for five years, but during this time Dhoni said a big thing about his fitness. Due to this, there is still doubt on playing on his IPL.
What did Dhoni say?
During an invite in Chennai, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was asked questions about playing in IPL 2026. To this, he said, “I have been allowed to play cricket for the next 5 years, but the doctor has just allowed for eyesight, not given for my body. In such a situation, I cannot play cricket only with my eyes”.
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– bhuvan 🦁 (@bhuvanchari007) August 2, 2025
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is seen playing only in IPL after retirement from international cricket. He played 14 matches in IPL 2025, in 13 innings, Dhoni was able to score only 196 runs at an average of 24.50. His team’s performance in this season was also very poor and the team was at the bottom of the points table. Despite this, the team management is expressing a lot of confidence in them.
There is a special relationship with Chennai
During the interview, Mahi spoke openly about her relationship with Chennai. He said, “Our relationship is quite old. It was before the start of IPL. In 2005, I played my debut test in Chennai itself. Since then, a special relationship between me and Chennai became a special relationship. After this, joining CSK made this relationship stronger, because during IPL I spend 40 to 50 days here”. Dhoni said that Chennai helped me a lot in making me a better person and cricketer. Things that are good for Chennai. She is also good for me. During this, he expressed concern about CSK’s batting order.
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– ANI (@ani) August 2, 2025
CSK’s batting concern
During the interview, Dhoni said that our batting sequence was disturbed due to the injury of Rituraj Gaikwad in IPL 2025. If they return in the next season, then there will be some improvement. He expressed the possibility that Gaikwad could again captain the team in the next season. He said that some more good players can join us in mini auction, which will strengthen our batting.
