Dhoni has not played any matches for CSK in IPL 2026 due to an injury and a lengthy recuperation. Now, rumours of a rift between Dhoni and the franchise he won five IPL trophies as captain for, have been spreading through the air again.
After Dhoni started wicketkeeping in the nets, speculations about his on-field return were at an all-time high, but he did not step out on the field. In fact, he did not even travel to the ground in most of the matches, only appearing at Chepauk in CSK's defeat to the Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday.
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In fact, he was fully fit and fine for CSK's last two matches but had allegedly sat out so that he would not disturb the team combination cultivated over the last 10 matches.
As per earlier reports, while Dhoni's injuries were real, there was something more behind the scenes that led to his decision not to take the field.
Since then, as part of their push to phase out senior players and build a new team for the future, the CSK management has allegedly not sought Dhoni's opinion in their decision-making. Dhoni was also allegedly not fully in the loop over CSK's decision to trade Ravindra Jadeja for Sanju Samson from the Rajasthan Royals.
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CSK qualification scenario
Apart from winning their last league stage game - against GT on Thursday - CSK will have to hope for other results to go their way. In fact, there is a very specific set of results that need to happen if CSK are to make the last four.
LSG beat PBKS on Saturday, MI beat RR in the day game on Sunday, and DC beat KKR in the night game on Sunday. In this situation, both PBKS and KKR will be eliminated after finishing on 13 points, while there will be a three-way tie between CSK, RR and DC on 14 points.
In this situation, the net run rate will be taken into account, but CSK do not hold the edge in that category anymore. Even if CSK beat GT, even one of the other three results going the other way would eliminate them.
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