Virender Sehwag’s daring prediction on MS Dhoni’s IPL future amid retirement talks

All eyes are on MS Dhoni who could also be taking his final bow within the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Monday. Dhoni is main Chennai Super Kings towards Gujarat Titans in his eleventh IPL last outing. There is extra buzz than ever concerning the legendary Indian captain with a giant query mark about his cricketing future.

Fans have been given hope by the Impact Player rule. Some former gamers like Yusuf Pathan, Dwayne Bravo and Kevin Pietersen backed the concept of Dhoni taking part in in that form of function for CSK in IPL 2024. However, Dhoni’s former India teammate Virender Sehwag has strongly rejected any such ideas. Sehwag has confidently claimed that the affect participant rule “doesn’t apply” to his former skipper.

Sehwag believes that Dhoni wouldn’t play in any respect if he wasn’t the captain as that’s what the CSK skipper is within the group for. Going a step additional, Sehwag made daring predictions on Dhoni’s future in that case.

“Impact Player rule doesn’t apply on MS Dhoni. Because he’s taking part in just for captaincy. He has to remain within the floor for captaincy. Impact Player rule is for somebody who doesn’t subject however bats, or a bowler who doesn’t must bat. Dhoni has to subject 20 overs; if he’s not the captain, he gained’t even play as Impact Player. Then, you will note him as a mentor or coach or Director of Cricket,” Sehwag told Cricbuzz.

The solely factor that Dhoni has until now given away on his IPL future is when he uttered the phrases “ample time to decide” after taking Chennai to a file tenth summit recreation, organising the mouth-wattering CSK vs GT IPL 2023 last.

(Inputs from IANS)