IPL 2023: Virender Sehwag Unhappy with MS Dhoni Constantly Being Asked about IPL Retirement

Former Indian player turned analyst Virender Sehwag is not happy with MS Dhoni constantly being asked whether the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is going to be his last. According to him, repeating the same question doesn’t make any sense as well. However, his comments came before Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) IPL 2023 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Wednesday, May 3, Danny Morrison asked Dhoni about his thoughts on playing in his “farewell” IPL season and he cheekily replied that he never said this would be his last season.

Reacting to this, Sehwag told Cricbuzz: “I just don’t understand, why do they even ask? Even if it’s his last year, why do you have to ask the player? It’s his call, let him take that! Maybe he just wanted to get that answer out of Dhoni, that it was indeed his last season. Whether it’s his last year or not, only MS Dhoni knows.”

While speaking about the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings which was called off due to rain, CSK won the toss and opted to bowl first as well. Chennai’s bowlers then restricted LSG to 125/7 as Moeen Ali, Maheesh Theekshana and Matheesha Pathirana picked up two wickets each. For Lucknow, Ayush Badoni top-scored with an unbeaten 59 off 33 balls as well.

“Only MS Dhoni knows when he will retire” – Harbhajan Singh

While sharing his thoughts on the uncertainty over MS Dhoni’s retirement, his former teammate Harbhajan Singh said that only Dhoni knows when he will retire.

Harbhajan told Star Sports: “Only MS Dhoni knows when he will retire. I said last year that will play this year. I don’t know if he will play next year as well. Yes, if he plays next year, the fans will be happy to see him playing. Fans have always wanted to see him playing.”

It is also noteworthy that, under MS Dhoni, CSK have won five games and lost four matches in the ongoing IPL 2023 edition as well.