Former legendary Indian skipper MS Dhoni still enjoys a huge fan following even after almost three years of his retirement from international cricket. Dhoni is currently active in his Indian T20 League and will be leading Chennai very soon in the upcoming 2023 season of the tournament. Meanwhile, Dhoni happened to do something that made his fans a bit emotional.
The 41-year-old was recently spotted in the dugout of Team India at the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai. The photo of this moment immediately went viral on social media within minutes after the user shared it on the micro-blogging site Twitter.
Subsequently, the fans couldn’t resist reacting with a lot of emotional reactions and they also recalled the old memories of MS Dhoni with the Indian team. They took to Twitter to pour out their emotions for their favorite cricketer.
Here’s how fans reacted:
Indian Team dugout to Dhoni pic.twitter.com/hCbyx9nWJ2
— ً (@SarcasticCowboy) March 21, 2023
Future Coach of India...🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/q6WS1VXt2D
— Nabab 🇮🇳 (@iNabab7) March 21, 2023
One of the Biggest Name in Indian Cricket. And an emotion for 90's kids
— Bharbhuti ji (@crickdevil) March 21, 2023
What an achievement.. MSD is really the God !!
— ಅದಿತಿ ಸದಾನಂದ ಹೆಗಡೆ (@adithi_hegde) March 21, 2023
Thala sitting with better captain than him 👍🏻
— Eren🪓 (@bantu9900) March 21, 2023
The lack of social media engagement by Dhoni from his personal accounts is increasing his craze among fans more and more even after retirement!!!
— Rishendra Pratap Singh (@rishendrapst) March 21, 2023
Every single latest pic of dhoni becomes talk of the town!!
More accessible is less valuable and vice-versa!
U r pic.twitter.com/uqDvMhoHuV
— ram (@ramakri02753227) March 21, 2023
Indian team is having their dugout in Dhoni's home!
— Indian! (@Bebaak__Indian) March 21, 2023
The legendary journey🥺❤️ pic.twitter.com/WVITh67Rkn
— Jhapllu 🦭 (@kyonbtaye7) March 22, 2023
Mujhe laga langar me bethe hai, thank you johns
— Arjun (@areyarjun) March 21, 2023
Talking about the Indian T20 League, the Chennai franchise team, under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, will start their campaign in the 2023 edition against Gujarat. Both teams will lock horns in the tournament opener at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Notably, this year’s edition of the Indian T20 League will be back in the older home-away format of the tournament.
Here's a look at the squad of Chennai for the Indian T20 League 2023:
MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Ben Stokes, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Kyle Jamieson, Ajay Mandal, Bhagath Varma, and Sisanda Magala.