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CSK fans rejoice as MS Dhoni is ‘definitely not’ leaving the yellow jersey | CSK skipper MS Dhoni says he is “definitely not” retiring from IPL cricket

The Chennai Super Kings fans should ‘definitely not’ worry about IPL 2021 because their ‘Thala’ will be back hopefully with much more finesse. It’s always difficult for the media to catch the World Cup-winning captain, therefore it seems like the very first thing Daniel Morrison, New Zealand cricket commentator asked MS Dhoni was is this his last match in the yellow jersey. And with his infectious smile, Dhoni said, ‘Definitely not”.

In no time, the two words started trending on social media, as the Yellow army celebrated the news. A lot of speculation was made about CSK’s duel with KXIP being Dhoni’s last match of his IPL career. Especially after the charismatic former captain announced his international retirement just before he embarked on the journey to UAE for 13th IPL season. But not once but twice, the CSK leader ensured that there is much more to come out from jersey No. 7.

Though the last match with Kings XI Punjab went in favour of the Yellow team, Mahi admitted that the year has not been in their favour. But, he vowed to come back strong.

“We will come back strong. That’s what we are known for. Yes, this has been a tough year. Yes, we are eighth on the table. This is one of the seasons where most of the teams played well or you can say, okay, one team played brilliantly, which is Mumbai Indians, and the rest all played badly to be in a big cluster”, said Dhoni in the post-match presentation.

“It was a difficult campaign. We committed a lot of errors. The last four games were a template of where we would like to be. Proud of the guys because if you’re lagging behind for 7-8 games, it becomes really difficult. It’s not easy, you won’t want to be in a dressing room that’s not enjoying cricket. Proud of them. A lot depends on what BCCI decides about the auction. We need to slightly change our core group and looks for the next ten years. At the start of the IPL we made a team that served us well for ten years. It’s time to hand it over to the next generation”, he said.

Talking about Dhoni signing jerseys after the match, Harsha Bhogle asked why the younger lot couldn’t hold themselves from getting these priced possessions this year. “Maybe they thought I would retire from the shorted format of cricket after retiring from the International game”, Dhoni said. “IPL 2021 is just a few months from now and that’s a good thing and hopefully there won’t be a lockdown”, he confirmed.

Written by Anjali Jha. Follow Anjali on Twitter today.