The legendary Kapil Dev delivered a scathing statement regarding Dhoni’s retirement talk. But supporters continue to cross their fingers and hold out hope.
A sea of yellow had invaded Narendra Modi Stadium and were anxiously awaiting their hero, MS Dhoni.
Despite the persistent rain that fell throughout Sunday evening in Ahmedabad, Which ultimately caused the IPL 2023 championship to be rained out and moved to the reserve day.
The summit match is anticipated to be Dhoni’s final match of his illustrious IPL career. As the story has gone throughout the season.
The illustrious Kapil Dev also made a scorching statement regarding Dhoni’s retirement talk. But fans are still holding out hope and crossing their fingers.
Talk about Dhoni’s potential exit from the tournament persisted, as it had for the previous three seasons. Neither Dhoni nor a spokesperson for Chennai Super Kings made any allusion to or direct mention of the situation.
To keep them on their toes, he teased world cricket in the statements he did make in response to direct questions.
Kapil’s scathing response to Dhoni’s retirement remarks: “Why are we only talking about him?”.
That was Dhoni, I guess. The use of the R-word is unpredictable. Both his departure from Test cricket in 2014 and his international retirement in 2020 were unanticipated moves.
While the game was delayed due to rain, Kapil told ABP News that it was pointless to talk about Dhoni’s impending retirement and that the IPL’s fans should be grateful for his 15-year contribution to the league.
In his opinion, the world of cricket should celebrate the fact that Dhoni left the game on a high note even if he says goodbye at the conclusion of the championship game against Gujarat Titans.
“He has been participating in the IPL for 15 years. Why are we only discussing Dhoni when he has completed his task? Do we expect him to play forever? That is not going to happen, so what else do we expect from him?”.
“Instead, we ought to express our gratitude for his 15-year playing career. Before leaving, he played well, whether he plays next year or not”.
“The fact that he led the team to the final despite not having scored many significant runs demonstrates the value of a skipper in the sport of cricket”, the speaker said.
The IPL 2023 final has been moved to Reserve Day (Monday), so fans will have to wait until another night to find out whether Dhoni will make the announcement or not.
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