MS Dhoni in action during IPL 2024©AFP
Chennai Super Kings star cricketer MS Dhoni enjoys a huge fan base across the world and reports of his possible retirement at the end of the season have made IPL 2024 more exciting for his fans. Fans and pundits alike have marveled at Dhoni’s tactical genius and explosive batting over the years, but his batting appearances have been few and far between this season. South Africa’s legendary fast bowler Dale Steyn spoke about Dhoni’s impact on IPL 2024, according to him, and even expressed his desire to see the veteran cricketer bat more in the competition.
“It hasn’t just swallowed up the IPL. It’s swallowed up a lot of South Africans and myself, to be honest with you I don’t watch much TV but I seem to be glued to my seat when the IPL is on, my girlfriend says my TV is on. broken, is stuck on cricket now and watching MS the other night. That’s exactly what we want to do.
“You know, I’ve gotten this before. I watched it from a fan’s point of view, I loved it. I mean, I’m in a much better mood because of what I just saw. So, can we get more MS Dhoni in the mix? That would be great.” , he added on Jio Cinema.
Dhoni turned back the clock during the match against Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 as he hit three consecutive sixes to score 20 runs in just 4 deliveries at an astonishing strike rate of 500.
“The young wicketkeeper who scored those three sixes helped us a lot, that proved to be the difference. We needed those extra 10-15 runs for this kind of venue,” said CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad.
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