The frenzy for Dhoni didn’t be ignored, taking everything into account. He made his point clear in the RR vs. CSK IPL 2023 match, despite not mentioning Dhoni.
When MS Dhoni plays in the Indian Premier League, almost every venue becomes his “home ground.” When Dhoni leads Chennai Super Kings out of an IPL match, there are seas of yellow and CSK chants.
However, with the possibility that the upcoming IPL 2023 will be Dhoni’s last as a professional cricketer, the fandom for CSK and Dhoni’s popularity has skyrocketed in every venue where the franchise has played thus far.
Dhoni was the reason Kolkata’s Eden Gardens were painted yellow. The scene was similar at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. What’s more, on Thursday, it was the turn of Sawai Mansingh Arena in Jaipur.
It didn’t matter to the Rajasthan Royals fans that this was their 200th IPL match. They didn’t care that RR captain Sanju Samson won the toss and chose to bat first; it didn’t matter to them. They were only interested in seeing MS Dhoni.
When it was Dhoni’s turn to speak with former India cricketer Murali Kartik at toss time, there was the loudest cheer.
Samson wasn’t the only one who was obsessed with Dhoni. Although he did not mention Dhoni, he made his point very clearly.
This isn’t whenever Samson first dropped an immense Dhoni-respecting remark without naming him. In the press conference that followed the match between these two teams, Samson referred to Dhoni as “that guy.”
“The itch has a decent pace, but the average bounce is slightly lower,” Dhoni stated. We are attempting to instill self-belief and character in our team, the bowlers. We’re on the same side.
With five wins, two losses, and 10 points, CSK leads the table. By 49 runs, they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their previous match.
With four wins and three losses, RR is in third place in the points table. They have eight focuses and lost their last match to Imperial Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by seven runs.
The XI Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Sanju Samson (w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, and Yuzvendra Chahal are the members of the Chennai XI is playing Super Kings.
Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, MS Dhoni (who lost), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana, and Akash Singh.