N Srinivasan praised the Chennai Super Kings and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for winning the Indian Premier League title for the fourth time in Dubai last week.
MS Dhoni has been leading the Chennai Super Kings since the IPL was founded in 2008 (PTI photo)
HIGHLIGHTS
- MS Dhoni led the Chennai Super Kings to their fourth IPL triumph last week
- Dhonis CSK beat the Kolkata Knight Riders with 27 runs in the final of the IPL 2021
- Dhoni became the oldest captain to claim the IPL title previously won in 2010, 2011 and 2018
Former President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), N Srinivasan, said Monday that his Chennai Super Kings franchise title win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 “put Chennai at the top of the world” .
CSK became IPL 2021 champion under MS Dhoni, who added a fourth title to the team’s cabinet last week in Dubai after 2010, 2011 and 2018.
Praising Dhoni and the triumphant campaign of the Super Kings, Srinivasan said, “It was a remarkable victory,” adding that he “brought Chennai to the top of the world.”
“Dhoni is an integral part of CSK, Chennai and Tamil Nadu. There is no CSK without a dhoni and there is no dhoni without a CSK, ”Srinivasan, who owns the franchise, told reporters during a brief interaction after visiting Lord Venkatachalapathy Temple in Chennai with the IPL trophy.
India Cements Limited owned the CSK franchise from its inception in 2008 through 2014 when it became owned by Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd.
The Dhoni-led CSK defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders last Friday in the final and took the IPL title for the fourth time. When asked to keep Dhoni and other CSK players at the next IPL auction, he said the retention policy has not yet been announced.
When asked about criticism that there are no Tamil Nadu cricketers on the CSK team, he said that 13 TNPL players play in the IPL or represent India.
“A lot of people watch TNPL games and it just keeps getting stronger.”
When asked about CSK’s victory celebrations, Srinivasan said Dhoni would come to Chennai after his work as the Indian team mentor at the T20 World Cup and “share the trophy with Tamil Nadu Prime Minister MK Stalin at an event held at MA Chidambaram. to be organized stadium “.
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