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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Delhi will enter the contest with a huge confidence boost after defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad in the eliminator, while on the other side Chennai will look to bounce back after receiving a hammering from Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 1.
There have also been a lot of talks about Dhoni's batting position in the Indian team as he no longer enjoys the role of a finisher and Keshav said that the former skipper should come in at no. 4.
After Qualifier 1, Hardik Pandya took to Instagram to post a photo with his idol and Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev has stated that he expects India to reach the semifinal, but remains undecided on who should bat at 4.
Dhoni was particularly critical about the fact that shot selection wasn't the best in many cases during the past few games.
On a sluggish pitch, which offered considerable turn and odd bounce, Suryakumar batted in a copybook fashion scoring an unbeaten 71 off 54 balls with MI reaching the target in 18.3 overs.
Chennai Super Kings have the home advantage, but records favour Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 1 at Chepauk.
Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will lock horns in the first qualifier of IPL 2019 on Tuesday.
The former Indian cricket captain posted a message on Instagram, where his daughter Ziva is urging people to go out and cast their votes. Take a look.
Chennai have not defeated Mumbai at home in the last nine years and have lost to the Rohit Sharma-led side on both occasions in IPL 2019.
A team that enters IPL play-offs as either table-toppers or No. 2 would get two clear shots at summit clash qualification.
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Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that MS Dhoni has a massive role to play for India in the 2019 World Cup in England and Wales.
Suresh Raina hinted at the post-match conference that MS Dhoni might play as a player in next season's Indian Premier League for Chennai Super Kings.
MS Dhoni accounted for the wickets of Chris Morris and Delhi Capitals skipper Shreyas Iyer with two stunning stumpings in the same over.
CSK were struggling in the beginning but Dhoni, returning to the side after recovering from a bout of fever, pulled the game away from Delhi Capitals, scoring unbeaten 44 from 22 balls.
Chennai Super Kings, who now sit atop the table with 18 points, are now sure to end in top-2, ensuring that they will have two shots at making the summit clash.
Dhoni stumped Delhi's Chris Morris and Shreyas Iyer in a span of three balls. What is even more gobsmacking, is that he stumped the two batsmen MID-AIR.
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