Is MS Dhoni finally retiring? CSK CEO breaks silence - watch

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) CEO Kasi Viswanathan has confirmed that MS Dhoni volition play successful the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 play and maintained that the erstwhile India skipper has nary contiguous plans to retire.Speaking to his grandson Noah successful Provoke Lifestyle magazine, the CSK CEO said: “No, helium is not retiring for this IPL.”

Meanwhile, erstwhile asked astir Dhoni’s status plans, helium responded with a smile, saying, “I’ll cheque with him and fto you know.”

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CSK had a dismal IPL 2025, arsenic the five-time champions won conscionable 4 retired of 14 matches, finishing astatine the bottommost of the standings for the precise archetypal clip successful the tournament’s history.Click present to ticker the video.Under MS Dhoni, CSK has go 1 of the astir palmy IPL franchises, having won 5 IPL titles truthful acold — 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023 — and reaching the playoffs successful astir seasons.Recently, astatine an event, MS Dhoni excessively opened up astir his future.“Well, it depends. Again, I would accidental the aforesaid happening — I person 4 oregon 5 months to decide,” helium told Harsha Bhogle successful an interaction.“You know, there’s nary hurry to determine what is to beryllium done. I’m not saying I’m done, I’m not saying I’m coming backmost astatine the aforesaid time.

“I person the luxury of timing, and erstwhile you person that, past wherefore not deliberation astir it and past decide? Every year, it’s 15 per cent much effort.“You person to support the assemblage fit, not to hide this is top-level cricket. It’s nonrecreational cricket — you person to beryllium astatine your best.”