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'Wasn't Somebody Who Talked A Lot...,' MS Dhoni On His Captaincy For CSK In IPL

MS Dhoni leading CSK in IPL (X.com)MS Dhoni leading CSK in IPL (X.com)

MS Dhoni is a legendary cricketer and captain and there is no doubting that. The man has taken Indian cricket and CSK to unimaginable heights and his name will be forever written in golden letters in Indian cricket. The IPL 2024, is likely to his final dance and ahead of the season, let's understand how MS Dhoni has evolved as a captain in his own words.

Dhoni in an interview to Star Sports revealed that he had big pool of experienced players in 2008, the inaugural season of IPL and added that it was a challenge to get all of them together.

"The Chennai team that played in 2008 was a well-balanced team and had a lot of all-rounders. The team had a vast pool of experienced players such as Matthew Hayden, Mike Hussey, Muttiah Muralitharan, Makhaya Ntini and Jacob Oram.To get them all together in one dressing room, to get to know each other was a challenge," Dhoni said.

The CSK captain also stated that when you are leading the team, it is important to make sure that players in the team are understanding each other and it is easy to gauge strength and weaknesses of all players.

"I always believed that when you’re leading a team, it is important to make sure you understand each other. Once you know the individual, you know his strength, his weaknesses, it becomes easier as a team to move in the right direction," he said.

Thala, as Dhoni is fondly called also credited IPL for making him understand lot of foreign players, their culture and how they go about their business. 

"IPL gave me an opportunity to understand a lot of foreign players. I wasn't somebody who talked a lot to the opposition players but IPL provided an opportunity to know about other players, to know what they think about cricket, to know their culture. All of that made IPL very interesting," he added.

The IPL 2024 is all set to kick off with a marquee clash between MS Dhoni's CSK and RCB at the Chepauk Stadium and let's see how MS Dhoni goes about his business with his vintage hairstyle.