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Dhoni played all 14 matches this season.
Amidst speculations about MS Dhoni’s retirement from IPL, CSK CEO Kasi Vishwanathan said, I don’t know when Dhoni will retire. Vishwanathan said in response to the question on CSK’s YouTube channel, this is a question which only Dhoni can answer. The question for us, we have always respected the decisions taken by Dhoni, we have left it to him.
Vishwanathan further said, as you all know, he has always taken his decisions and announced it at the appropriate time. We are hopeful that we will get the decision whenever he does, but we are very hopeful that he will be available for CSK next year.
Dhoni scored runs at a strike rate of 220.54 in the season.
Dhoni scored 161 runs in 14 matches of the current season. He batted at a strike rate of 220.54. Dhoni hit 14 fours and 13 sixes in the season.
Fleming will not become India’s coach – Vishwanathan
It was asked in the show whether Stephen Fleming, who was the long-time coach of CSK, would become the coach of India. On this Vishwanathan said, I do not think that Fleming will take this job right now.
He said, it is not his cup of tea as he does not like to be involved in coaching for nine-ten months in a year. Vishwanathan further said, I jokingly asked Stephen, ‘Have you applied for the Indian coaching assignment? Stephen just laughed and said, ‘Do you want me to do that?’
Stephen Fleming has been associated with CSK as head coach since 2009. Apart from IPL, Fleming is also the head coach of Joburg Super Kings and Texas Super Kings in SA20 and Major League Cricket.
No discussion on retention policy- Vishwanathan
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had called a meeting with the owners of IPL teams last month. The mega auction to be held this year and player retention numbers were discussed in the meeting. Emphasis is being laid on increasing the number of players retained in this year’s mega auction. IPL team owners have different views on this.
On this Vishwanath said, it is too early because we still have not got anything clear from BCCI about this. We hope that BCCI will tell about it soon.
