'Pehle apna career ki chinta kar' - Deepak Chahar hopeful of MS Dhoni continuing to play Indian T20 League after 2023 edition

Deepak Chahar, MS Dhoni (Image Credit: Twitter)

Chennai pacer Deepak Chahar has said that no one in the team has said that the upcoming season of the Indian T20 League will be MS Dhoni's last. Notably, it is reported that the former India skipper will retire after the upcoming season. Even though there is no confirmation, a reporter asked  “MS Dhoni will play in his last ITL? You saw him practice. How is his batting going on?”

In reply, Chahar said that there are no retirement talks of Dhoni in the team. The former hopes that the wicket-keeper batter continues to play in the league. The right-arm pacer further added that Dhoni has played a lot of international cricket and he knows when to retire. Talking about Dhoni's batting, Chahar said that the right-handed batter is in good nick.

“No one has said that this would be his final year. At least, he hasn't. Hopefully, he will play more. We don't know any such thing, we want him to play as much as he can,” Chahar told News India Sports.

“He knows when to retire, we saw it when he did in Tests and international cricket. No one else knows. I just hope he continues to play, it's a privilege to play under him. It has been a dream to play with him. He's in good touch as well, you will see that when he bats in the ITL this year,” Chahar further said.

It will unfair not to play in Chennai and thanked the fans: MS Dhoni

“Definitely,” Dhoni had said when he was asked about his participation in ITL 2023. "It's a simple reason: it will be unfair to not play in Chennai and say thank you . Mumbai is one place where, as a team and as an individual, I have got a lot of love and affection. But it wouldn't be nice to the CSK fans.

"And also, hopefully next year there will be an opportunity where the teams will be travelling so it will be a like thank you to all the different places where we will be playing games at different venues. Whether it will be my last year or not that's a big question, because you know we can't really predict about something two years down the line. But definitely I'll be working hard to come back strong next year," he had added.

This is how Twitter reacted

Just tell deepak chahar that international matches are important than ipl, deepak chahar is showing to much excitement to play csk but got no interest to play for India. My opinion though

— Vali Pspk (@pspk_vali) March 19, 2023

This is the last season everyone knows except Deepak Chahar🥲🥲😐😐

— Praneeth (@fantasy_d11) March 19, 2023

Hope Deepak Chahar too retires before MSD

— Ram BadriNath Sastry ⛳⛳ (@RamAnna25) March 19, 2023

God, these guys are insufferable. They already ran CSK to ground but wasting money on retaining have beens, all the good youngsters from the Indian side are gone. Yeah keep paying Dhoni crs until he is a old man 👴.

— Ramesh Subramanian (@IamRameshSub) March 19, 2023

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— RoHitman (@_darsh45) March 19, 2023

He will tell you just a day before...chill...you dont know MSD....full of surprises as far as retirement goes...this will be his last IPL

— priyank jha (@priyankjha84) March 19, 2023

Also Deepak should worry about his own career, he gets injured every weekend.

— Ramesh Subramanian (@IamRameshSub) March 19, 2023

Chahar knows other captains might give him 2 overs at death ..

— movieman (@movieman777) March 19, 2023

Ye hoyenga ye to pta tha par itta jaldi 😂https://t.co/FDveliwV4n

— Mritunjay Dubey (@mddubey409) March 19, 2023

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— Gaurav Agarwal (@7Gaurav8) March 19, 2023