The speculation regarding the future of MS Dhoni is widely discussed every year and now the former New Zealand bowler and commentator Simon Doull has said that Rishabh Pant should be the next captain of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), replacing Dhoni. The deadline for all ten teams to announce which players they will keep for IPL 2025 is October 31.
Before this deadline, Doull, who has been a commentator for a long time in the T20 league, shared his ideas for which players CSK might want to keep. He suggested that the team should retain the current captain Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, and MS Dhoni as their first three picks.
“Ruturaj Gaikwad then top of the tree Ravindra Jadeja absolutely there, Matheesha Pathirana I think absolutely. I see MS come out and say that I will let you know the day before the retentions are allowed. He’s keeping them on a little bit of a string at the moment as to whether he is gonna be there. Obviously, if he’s available and ready to go, he’s another one they have to keep a hold of. He’s the franchise man,” said Doull on Sports18.
He also mentioned Rachin Ravindra and said that they will spend a lot of money on Rishabh Pant if he enters the auction because he is the right person to lead the team after the MS Dhoni era.
“After what I’ve seen in this series I think Rachin Ravindra. And as I said the other day, I think they’re just going to go heavily for Rishabh Pant if he goes into auction. He’s their man to take them through post-MS Dhoni wherever that maybe,” he added.
Treat For MS Dhoni
Yesterday on October 26, it was officially out that MS Dhoni will play in the IPL 2025 season. Not only this, it has been known that MS Dhoni will not play in the upcoming season but also few more years seeing the fitness of him. It has been also reported that MS Dhoni will be the first retention for Chennai Super Kings. Widely known as Thala, Dhoni handover his captaincy to the young Ruturaj Gaikwad and he is playing freely as the wicket-keeper batter of the team.
