CSK: Chennai Super Kings (CSK) visited Balaji Mandir in Tirupati after winning IPL 2023 Trophy for the fifth time. CSK management members were seen in the holy place with the IPL trophy, performing a special puja. MS Dhoni & Co beat GT in the thrilling final by five wickets. CSK players were seen celebrating the win by cutting a cake and dancing in Ahmedabad, while CSK management members went to Tirupati to thank the almighty for the fifth IPL trophy. Follow All Sports Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
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CSK IPL 2023 Champions: Netzines give mixed reaction to CSK visiting Balaji Mandir
The viral video of Sun News of CSK visiting Tirupati temple received mixed reactions from the netizens. Some of the users felt it was unnecessary for CSK management to visit temple with the IPL trophy. While some felt it was a fitting gesture, considering the team were not the favorites to win the trophy.
For the unversed, CSK finished second last in IPL 2023 season, and this time also lost a few of their main players due to injury. However, skipper Dhoni like always marshaled his troops well and enabled the side to play as a unit.
A few of the young players like Theekshana, Pathirana, and Tushar Deshpande stepped up and help CSK win the trophy.
MS Dhoni: Dhoni to be admitted in Kokilaben Hospital for a knee injury CSK skipper yet to announce retirement
After winning the trophy, CSK skipper Dhoni is set to be admitted in Kokilaben Hospital for a knee injury. The wicketkeeper batter struggled in IPL 2023 with an ailing knee and was seen wearing heavy bandage on his knee.
While many speculated the IPL 2023 to be Dhoni’s last as a player, the wicketkeeper batter has currently put his retirement plans on hold.
“If you see circumstantially, this is the best time for me to announce retirement. But the amount of love and affection I’ve been shown wherever I’ve been this year, the easy thing for me would be to say, ‘Thank you very much’.
But the tough thing for me is to work hard for another nine months and come back and play at least one more season of IPL. But a lot depends on the body, I have six-seven months to decide, and it will be more like a gift from my side,” Dhoni said after the final.
“You do get emotional for a simple fact that it’s the last part of my career, and I think it started over here when I was playing the first game [of IPL 2023]. I just walked out, and the full house was chanting my name.
My eyes filled with [tears], and I just stood there in the dugout for a while, and I took my time, and I realized that I want to enjoy it and not take the pressure. I think it was the same thing in Chennai when I played my last game there, but it will be good to come back and play whatever I can.”
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