Dhoni Surprises Coach; Srinivasan's Statement on IPL 2021

The vice-chairman and managing director of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) N Srinivasan assured that 'Thala' Dhoni will be available for 2021 IPL as well. He revealed his statements in a recent India cements event.

On the other side, Jharkhand coach Rajiv Kumar spoke about how Dhoni surprised him and his batting form when he returned to net practice in January 2020. Both the statements as quoted by India today are given below

N Srinivasan

People keep saying when will he... how long will he play, etc. He will play. I can assure you. He will play this year. Next year he will go the auction; he will be retained. So there is no doubt in anybody's mind.

Rajiv Kumar

I will be honest... I thought there will be a bit of rustiness as Dhoni has not trained for quite some time. The last time we had spoken, he had said that he would start in January and here you go. He is a man of his words and it came as no surprise that he was out there training with the guys just like any other regular Jharkhand player. But what surprised me most was how he middled almost every ball, be it in the pacer's net or the spinner's net. He even took throwdowns just like a player going through the batting drills does.