Chennai: Sanju Samson’s commerce from Rajasthan Royals to Chennai Super Kings lends the workforce a much-needed increase with some Indian firepower on the high. With Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brevis and Shivam Dube, CSK look a robust batting lineup that ought to pose a severe problem to any workforce.

Whereas that’s one a part of the story, the Kerala cricketer, who has a superb fan following in Chennai, has additionally opened up yet one more risk. In all chance, it is going to imply that MS Dhoni’s ‘final dance’, which has been mentioned for some time now, goes to be for actual this season. MSD, who has struggled along with his physique over the previous few years and has had a restricted batting position as a consequence of his dodgy knee, has been coaching laborious to be prepared for this season. However opposite to common perception, he hasn’t precisely been actively part of the team-building course of, which incorporates Ravindra Jadeja’s commerce to Rajasthan Royals. The captaincy this season might be totally on Ruturaj, and Samson might be an energetic member of the management group. The swashbuckling former RR man can also be a wicketkeeper who harbours India hopes as a keeper-batter, with the IPL giving him the platform to showcase his abilities.Dhoni, then again, prefers maintaining even when he’s not the captain. “There’s a probability that he could supply Sanju the gloves in among the video games on this IPL,” a supply near developments advised TOI. If he does so, there might be a severe probability that Dhoni will come into these video games as a batting ‘impression sub’, one thing that can enable his physique some reduction as effectively. Whereas Samson and Ruturaj might be main the five-time champions’ transition course of, Dhoni will get one other probability to maintain a promise to the CSK followers that he had made a couple of years in the past. He had mentioned that his final IPL match might be on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in entrance of his adoring followers. For the final couple of years, there was a number of anticipation when CSK performed their final recreation at Chepauk, however the announcement by no means got here. This time round, Dhoni can take the curtain name in certainly one of CSK’s dwelling video games. However the tough half will come if the Yellow Military makes the last-four stage. With defending champions RCB unlikely to get internet hosting rights for the ultimate because of the Chinnaswamy tragedy, it is going to be fascinating to see if the BCCI allots knockout video games to Chennai. If that occurs and CSK make the ultimate, it is going to be a fairytale ending — Dhoni followers who’ve been ready and dreading this second in equal measure.