One of the most loved and scrutinised cricketers to have ever been born in India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the perfect story for every small town boy/girl who wants to make it big in life. Hailing from the cricketing backwaters - Jharkhand, Dhoni is unarguably the second most popular player in the cricket frenzy nation after 'God' Sachin Tendulkar. Going by the statistics, Dhoni is India's most successful captain and under his leadership, India have won the top prize in all formats of the gentlemen's game - the inaugural World Twenty20 on his captaincy debut in 2007, No.1 Test ranking for 18 months starting December 2009, and the 50-over World Cup in 2011 in Mumbai. He is also the first captain in the world to win three different ICC trophies. Dhoni also led India to a memorable 2013 Champions Trophy triumph in England. During his now more than 14-years long international career, Dhoni has played an integral part in many of India's famous victories. For his impressive match-winning skills, the veteran batsman has also been christened with the tag of 'one of the best finishers in the sport', especially in the limited-overs format. However, with age catching up - Dhoni's batting abilities are on the wane but his electric reflexes and impeccable instincts behind the stumps still make him an indispensable asset to Team India. With the countdown of the 2019 ICC World Cup already started, India still needs the services of one of its biggest stalwarts who is responsible for taking the team to insurmountable heights.
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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.
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 an attempt to pull Avesh Khan's delivery, Dhoni's short-lived stay at the crease came to a halt.
The Delhi-based outfit, which finished as runners-up in the previous IPL edition in the UAE, will eye its maiden title this year under the leadership of Pant.
Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran and Dwayne Bravo will be the four overseas players for Chennai Super Kings.
Dhoni, who last featured in the yellow jersey during CSK's last fixture of IPL 2020 against Kings XI Punjab, will return to the sport after almost six months.
Dhoni, who retired from international cricket last year, will be up against his 'disciple' Rishabh Pant at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.
Team India head coach Ravi Shastri had a hilarious message for fans as Dhoni's CSK meets Rishabh Pant's DC in the second match of IPL 2021.
The Delhi franchise ended runners-up last season in the UAE and would be aiming to go one better this time and a good start would be what they will be looking for.
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanath has addressed the speculations about the 2021 season being Dhoni's final season in the yellow jersey.
While IPL 2021 is set to start from April 9 in Chennai, MS Dhoni-led CSK will begin their campaign an evening later when they take on the previous season's runner-up, Delhi Capitals
MS Dhoni's wicket in IPL 2020 was special for Natarajan as he had earlier told Ravichandran Ashwin in a chat that he wanted to take the wicket of CSK captain.
Delhi will take on Dhoni's Chennai Super Kings here on Saturday. The 23-year-old highly rated wicketkeeper-batsman cannot wait to start his stint as a leader in that match.
Dhoni has been training hard for the impending season which begins later this week in Chennai with the franchise keeping the fans updated.
Royals, who had won the inaugural title in 2008, will start their IPL 2021 campaign against Punjab Kings on April 12.
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