AB de Villiers reckons that MS Dhoni ought to captain CSK so long as he’s taking part in.© BCCI
MS Dhoni’s future at Chennai Tremendous Kings is a matter of intense hypothesis and the nice AB de Villiers reckons that the World Cup-winning captain should lead his facet, if in any respect he decides to play one other IPL season. CSK have gained 5 titles beneath Dhoni’s management and the 2 share a bond like no different. Trying on the future, Dhoni had handed over the captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad a day earlier than the IPL 2024 opener. Gaikwad didn’t do a foul job as a captain and a batter however CSK couldn’t make the IPL play-offs.
Dhoni’s future within the IPL stays a topic of debate as he has left everybody guessing. He retired from worldwide cricket in 2020.
With due respect to Gaikwad, de Villiers had known as the captaincy change a mistake initially of the season and on Wednesday he stood by his remarks.
“I’ll solely offer you an trustworthy reply if you are going to report it in the correct manner sure so I would not say I known as it a mistake. What I meant by that was with MS Dhoni round, taking part in in opposition to MS for thus a few years, that’s the most intimidating sight to have him as an opposing captain,” mentioned de Villiers in a choose media interplay organized by Jio Cinema.
“They took away fairly a little bit of intimidation issue from CSK with not having him as captain. It is bought nothing to do with Gaikwad’s captaincy. I really assume he is bought a really vivid future and he captained extraordinarily properly.
“However simply having MS round, I at all times felt like it’ll be a waste not having him as captain. They tried it earlier than. It did not work (when Jadeja was changed mid season). And sadly this 12 months, sure, you have to take a look at the outcomes.
“The vast majority of the video games they performed properly, however on the finish of the day they did not qualify for the knockouts. It is undoubtedly not due to Gaikwad’s captaincy. I do nevertheless ever really feel that when MS is round he needs to be captain,” added the South African.
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