IPL 2021: I don't want anyone to say I'm unfit, says MS Dhoni
Cricket | April 20, 2021 8:43 ISTThe 39-year-old Dhoni, who retired from international cricket last year, admitted that 'getting old and being fit are two difficult things'.
The 39-year-old Dhoni, who retired from international cricket last year, admitted that 'getting old and being fit are two difficult things'.
On the day of the 13th anniversary of his captaincy debut for Chennai Super Kings, Mahendra Singh Dhoni scripted a world record
Anjum Chopra named two of CSK's match-winning players in the present playing XI.
Rohit, en route to his 32 off 25, laced with two boundaries and two sixes, also reached the milestone of 4000 T20 runs as a captain.
Shahrukh had won the best all-rounder award at a Chennai Super Kings junior tournament when he was around 14.
MS Dhoni, who represented the CSK for the 200th time on Friday, has led the franchise to three IPL titles so far.
Dhoni also heaped praise on Deepak Chahar, who picked a four-wicket haul to rip through Punjab's top-order.
IPL 2021: Follow Live Score and Updates of the seventh match of the 14th season from Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
176 of those performances have been for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL while the remaining 26 has been for CSK in the presently-defunct Champions League T20.
Chennai and Punjab experienced contrasting fortunes in their respective tournament opener.
In the match against Delhi Capitals, Dhoni was bowled off an inside edge off the bowling of Avesh, as he tried to pull a delivery to the mid-wicket boundary.
Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu and the rest of the team ensured there was no doom-and-gloom scenario inside the team hotel after the loss to the Rishabh Pant-led side.
Trying to pull Avesh's delivery towards the mid-wicket boundary, Dhoni was bowled off an inside edge on Saturday.
The man who followed Dhoni at No. 8, Sam Curran, got a 15-ball 34 to help CSK post a challenging 188/7 on the board on Saturday.
Virender Sehwag recalls the moment Rahul Dravid lashed out at MS Dhoni when the wicketkeeper-batsman was a newcomer in the side.
Jos Buttler's IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals will be led by young wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson in the 2021 edition.
CSK captain MS Dhoni was fined Rs 12 lakh for a slow over-rate against Delhi Capitals in their opening game of IPL 2021.
Chasing 189 for victory, DC romped to a seven-wicket victory with eight balls to spare after Shikhar Dhawan (85) and Prithvi Shaw (72) struck blistering half-centuries.
Dhoni, whose return to competitive cricket was a forgetful one, also said that his side needed to notch up 15 or 20 runs more to be on the safe side.
In the second clash of the IPL 2021 on Saturday, Delhi Capitals' newly-appointed skipper Rishabh Pant won the toss and elected to bowl first against Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
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