I don’t know when Dhoni will retire: CSK CEO said- only Mahi can answer, hopefully he will play next season

Dhoni played all 14 matches this season.

Amid speculations of MS Dhoni’s retirement from IPL, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan said, I don’t know when Dhoni will retire. Responding to a question on CSK’s YouTube channel, Viswanathan said, “This is a question that 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 hope that whenever he takes the decision, we will get the decision, but we are 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: Viswanathan
On the show, it was asked whether Stephen Fleming, who has been the coach of CSK for a long time, will become the coach of India. On this Vishwanathan said, I don’t think 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 this?’

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.

There is 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. This year’s mega auction and player retention numbers were discussed in the meeting. There is an emphasis on increasing the number of retained players 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 any clarity from BCCI on this. We hope that BCCI will tell us about it soon.