Ashwin drops blunt verdict on MS Dhoni: ‘He shouldn’t play entire season if…’

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has weighed successful connected the ongoing statement astir MS Dhoni’s relation for Chennai Super Kings up of IPL 2026, making it wide that helium is not successful favour of the seasoned being utilized arsenic an Impact Player.With discussions intensifying implicit whether

Dhoni

should commencement successful the XI oregon beryllium utilised arsenic a substitute,

Ashwin

took a steadfast stance, insisting that if Dhoni is portion of the squad, helium indispensable diagnostic successful the playing XI."I bash not hold that helium has to enactment connected the interaction list. If helium is successful the squad, helium has to play. If helium does not privation to, helium should not play the full season, that is it. I americium not successful statement with him being an interaction player," helium said connected 'Ash ki Baat'.Ashwin further stressed that Dhoni’s beingness automatically settles immoderate enactment debate, highlighting the erstwhile CSK captain’s content successful his ain ability."If you are making a CSK XI, and Dhoni is successful the squad, the statement ends close there.

He has to beryllium successful the XI. If helium does not privation to play, helium would retire. He has 100% content that helium tin play. He is practicing from the past 3 months. He is giving the connection that I privation to play, you deliberation immoderate you want. If helium wants to play, it is not imaginable to spell archer him you can't play. He is not your fig six batter, that I volition agree. But helium tin play a treble role.

He tin beryllium the on-field compass for Ruturaj," helium said.Ashwin besides underlined that Dhoni’s publication goes acold beyond batting position, pointing to his tactical power and enactment connected the field, particularly alongside skipper

Ruturaj Gaikwad

.

"I deliberation Dhoni volition person a captious relation to enactment this caller bowling line-up connected the field. I was besides determination past year. MS wants that helium plays the past 3 overs. But the apical bid did not people galore times and helium had to spell up. This time, they person added powerfulness successful the apical bid to debar this. Maybe this time, retired of 14 games, helium volition get to bat higher lone successful 3-4 games, oregon other helium volition lone travel successful the end. His biggest relation volition beryllium successful keeping, mounting the field, and giving a enarthrosis to Ruturaj," helium stated.With CSK reshaping their squad and enactment dynamics, Dhoni’s nonstop relation remains a large talking point, but Ashwin’s presumption is clear—if helium is successful the squad, helium should beryllium connected the tract from the start.