With the Chennai Super Kings languishing at the seventh spot in the IPL 2026 points table, everyone is just wondering what is going wrong inside the camp. They recently suffered a 10-run loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in their previous game in Hyderabad.
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The cricket pundit also slammed the handling of MS Dhoni and his massive influence on the team. The CSK legend has not played a single match so far in the ongoing IPL 2026 due to a calf injury, but his presence continues to dominate discussions around the team.
Sanjay Manjrekar slams ‘sycophancy fandom’ around MS Dhoni
Manjrekar further added, “And then that thing with MS Dhoni, whether he’s going to be playing or whether he’s going to be captain, they handled that very badly. And this is where you see the sycophancy of Indian culture that has seeped into cricket as well. I mean, there isn’t just a fan following of Dhoni; there is sycophancy around it.”
Manjrekar said, “Fans got angry with me for saying that because it was anti-Dhoni. So somewhere they lost sight of the whole picture.”
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Manjrekar signed off by saying, “So, it was a bit of a joke when he used to come down the order and just play three or four balls. The coverage would hype that up as well—'What an innings.’ And it lasted four balls."
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