On Tuesday, for the first time Dhoni has dropped elaborate hints that he will be seen playing in the next season as CSK is set to go through a big transition phase post mega auction.
During the 75th year celebrations of ‘India Cements’ held virtually, while interacting with fans, Dhoni said, "When it comes to farewell, you can still come and see me play for CSK and that can be my farewell game. So, you will still get that opportunity to bid me farewell. Hopefully, we will come to see Chennai and play my last game over there and we can meet fans there."
The former Indian team captain has not played in Chennai since 2019 as the 2020 edition of IPL was held in the UAE and CSK played matches in the first phase of the tournament earlier this year in Mumbai before it was suspended due to a breach in the bio-bubble.
Dhoni said, "It can’t be a better day than that, 15th of August. We are a process-driven team, we believe in the process and we know that if we follow the process if we execute the plans well, if we do the small things right, we will get the desired result, we know the result is a byproduct and that also keeps us calm."
Further, he added, "We live in the moment and enjoy each other’s company. We know that if we play to our potential, we can beat the opposition. If the opposition has to beat us, they have to play better cricket." You know Bollywood is not really my cup of tea. As far as advertisements are concerned, I am happy to do them. When it comes to movies, I feel it’s a very tough profession and very difficult to manage. I would let the film stars do it because they are really good at it. I will stick to cricket. The closest I can come to acting is advertisements and nothing more than that."
India Cements Vice-Chairman and Managing Director N Srinivasan on his part, said, "In the last 10 years since the advent of CSK, India Cements has gone to another level. We have to thank only one person for that, our captain Dhoni. He knows cement, he has visited factories and addressed people in the factory also. He (Dhoni) will give the biggest gift to India Cements by winning the IPL this year."