“Unless You’re Sachin Tendulkar…”: MS Dhoni’s Sunny Answer To “You’re Not Old” Remark In IPL 2023

Chennai Tremendous Kings skipper MS Dhoni used to be extraordinarily busy at the back of the stumps as his facet defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Friday. The ex-Bharat captain took one catch and effected one stumping and a run-out as SRH have been limited to 134/7 in 20 overs. The catch taken by way of Dhoni to disregard Aiden Markram earned him a quantity of honour however the “catch of the match” award going to Ruturaj Gaikwad for his struggle to disregard Harry Brook. Dhoni spoke about his prospect or even recalled a related try involving stream Bharat head schoolmaster Rahul Dravid.

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All the way through the interplay, Dhoni additionally stated that it is vitally impressive to realize revel in and that may best come when anyone grows used except for if you’re Sachin Tendulkar.

“I was in such a wrong position. Just because we wear gloves, people think it’s easy. I felt that it was a fantastic catch not because of your ability, but sometimes you’re at the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“A long time back I still remember one game – Rahul Dravid was keeping and he caught one like that. With your skillset, you can’t take a catch like that. You have to be in a very wrong position to be able to take a catch like that. Other than that once you get old and that’s when you get more experienced unless you’re Sachin (Tendulkar) and you start playing at 16-17,” he said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

Harsha Bhogle, who was conducting the ceremony, quipped that Dhoni is not old but the CSK skipper had a clear answer.

“Definitely old, you cannot shy away from that,” he said.