It is not often that Chennai Super Kings struggle at the start of the IPL season. This time round, however, they lost key players just before the start of the tournament, and Ambati Rayudu’s injury weakened their batting to such an extent that they fell short in the back-to-back chase …
Read More »To Lord with Love: Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal’s ode to MS Dhoni
Written by Devendra Pandey | Mumbai | Updated: August 21, 2020 1:47:44 AM Dhoni showed the spinners of India what they did not see. (Image photo / AFP) The international pension of Mahendra Singh Dhoni would leave a deep feeling in all those who have shared a dressing room with …
Read More »Note: How N Srinivasan rescued the captain of MS Dhoni
Written by Shamik Chakrabarty, Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: August 17, 2020 6:23:55 PM Dhoni announced his international retirement on Sunday, sinking into the sunset as India’s most successful captain in the shorter formats, with the World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy and World T20 titles in …
Read More »‘I came and said MS Dhoni would be the captain in 2011’: N Srinivasan
Written by Shamik Chakrabarty | Kolkata | Updated: August 17, 2020 10:17:23 AM N Srinivasan was instrumental in appointing Dhoni as Chennai Super Kings captain during the inaugural season of the IPL in 2008. (Image photo) A day after Mahendra Singh Dhoni took time on his international career, N Srinivasan …
Read More »The MS Dhoni legend in seven innings: swashbuckler to master finisher
MS Dhoni’s 14-year ODI career has been replaced by smart paced, blockbuster finishes. But that’s not all he was talking about, certainly not at the beginning of his career. While offering adieu, ESPNcricinfo grabs sand – it must be sand, right? – from his best ODI innings, which traced the …
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