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MS Dhoni Retirement from IPL: In the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, a great match was played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) on Sunday, in which Chennai won by 5 wickets. This match was played at the home Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. Something happened before and after the match which left Mahendra Singh Dhoni's fans a little disappointed.
This was Chennai's last league match at its home ground this season. Now the last match of Chennai team in the group stage of this IPL season is against Royal Challengers Bangalore on 18th May. This match will be played at RCB's home ground, M Chidambaram Stadium in Bengaluru.
First of all the franchise created the atmosphere through post
Two incidents took place during the match between CSK and RR in Chepauk, which intensified speculations about 42-year-old Dhoni's retirement. The first thing is that before the toss in the match, CSK franchise made a special appeal on social media and after that the speculations about Dhoni's retirement started.
While sharing the post, the franchise said that the spectators should remain in the stadium after the match because something special is going to happen after the match. Fans may be surprised. After this post, fans started speculating that something is going to happen to Dhoni after the match. Some fans said he was going to cry after the match.
Dhoni also did 'Lap of Honor' on the field
But after defeating Rajasthan, a different scene was seen. Dhoni and all the players and staff of the Chennai team did a 'lap of honour' i.e. went around the stadium. Along with this, Dhoni along with former player Suresh Raina thanked his fans for always supporting the team.
Meanwhile, Dhoni gave a yellow ball to the fans as a return gift. Before the felicitation ceremony, all the players including Dhoni were also awarded gold medals. All the players stood in a line and were presented with medals by Rupa Gurunath, daughter of team owner N Srinivasan.
Mahin was given 'guard of honor' after the match
Along with this, Dhoni was also given 'Guard of Honor' by his teammates. All these things have increased the speculations in the minds of fans about Dhoni's retirement. However, no official statement has come yet from Chennai franchise, Dhoni or IPL on this matter. All this is speculation at the moment.
Dhoni will turn 43 this time on 7th July. In such a situation, this is being considered as his last IPL season. Mahi had left the captaincy of the team at the beginning of this season and handed over the responsibility of Chennai Super Kings to Gaikwad. In the next season, Dhoni can be seen in a new role like mentor or coach. Nothing is clear at the moment.