MS Dhoni delayed retirement

MS Dhoni delayed retirement. After winning a record-setting fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) championship, Indian cricketer MS Dhoni announced that he would not retire.

The 41-year-old former captain of India claimed that his fans’ support inspired him to give cricket one more shot after expected to retire from all forms of the game.

The Chennai Super Kings, led by Dhoni, defeated the Gujarat Titans on Monday night to claim the championship.

The “double good news” sparked a huge online party among fans.

Dhoni’s decision to postpone his retirement hailed by one fan of the Chennai Super Kings as “a great gift” for the team.

Another fan praised Dhoni for letting CSK and the fans enjoy the moment without announcing his retirement.

After Ravindra Jadeja hit a last-ball four to successfully chase down the revised target of 171 in a rain-affected match, Dhoni’s CSK won the game by five wickets.

Members of the opposing team joined the team’s supporters in celebrating the victory.

Hardik Pandya, captain of the Gujarat Titans, referred to Dhoni as a “mentor,” adding, “If I had to lose, I don’t mind losing to him.”

Many stands in Kolkata during CSK’s match against the home team appeared yellow, the color of the Chennai team, as fans were sporting Dhoni’s shirt rather than the Kolkata Knight Riders’ purple uniform.

Fans had anticipated that Dhoni would step down, particularly if CSK won the championship this year.

There isn’t much left for the cricketer to accomplish in the sport after Dhoni led the Indian team to one-day world championship glory in 2011 and the T20 World Cup victory in 2007.

Numerous of the talents he has mentored currently make up the core of the team. He also renowned for being one of the best cricket captains, a masterful game reader, and a brilliant strategist.

Dhoni, however, not known for adhering to rules. His professional life built on surprising decisions.

According to commentator and former Australian cricketer Tom Moody, he has been “developing the young, and reinventing the old” to make CSK a consistent IPL champion.

On Monday, Dhoni gave the impression that he still had one more successful season to offer his supporters. The best time to make my retirement known is now, he declared. But due to “the amount of love and affection I shown wherever I have been this year,” he decided to give it a few more months.

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As “a gift” from his side to the fans, Dhoni stated that he would likely return and participate in at least one more IPL season.

“I think that’s something I need to do for them,” he said, referring to the way they had demonstrated their love and affection.