MS Dhoni undergoes knee surgical procedure in Mumbai

Jun 01, 2023 at 5:40 PM
MS Dhoni undergoes knee surgical procedure in Mumbai

MS Dhoni underwent surgical procedure on his left knee in a Mumbai hospital on Thursday.

Dhoni, who led Chennai Super Kings to their fifth IPL title, had flown to Mumbai from Ahmedabad after the ultimate on Monday and consulted famend sports activities orthopaedic surgeon Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala, who can be on the BCCI medical panel and has carried out surgical procedures on various high Indian cricketers, together with Rishabh Pant.

“Yes, Dhoni has had a successful knee surgery at the Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday,” a CSK supply was quoted as saying by PTI. “He is doing fine and will be released in a day or two. He would be resting for a few days before his extensive rehabilitation starts. It is now expected that he would have enough time to get fit to play in the next IPL.”

Dhoni had performed your complete IPL season with a closely strapped left knee and though he seemed completely okay whereas retaining, as a rule he batted as late as No. 8 and did not look swift whereas operating between the wickets. After main the aspect to their fifth IPL title, although, Dhoni had mentioned he would return for “at least” one more season for the followers, if his physique allowed it.

“If you circumstantially see, it’s the best time to announce retirement.” Dhoni had mentioned. “The easy thing for me to say is thank you and retire. But the hard thing to do is to work hard for nine months and try to play one more IPL season. The body has to hold up. But the amount of love I have received from CSK fans, it would be a gift for them to play one more season.

“The manner they’ve proven their love and emotion, it is one thing I must do for them. It’s the final a part of my profession. It began over right here and full home was chanting my title. It was identical factor in Chennai, however it is going to be good to return again and play no matter I can. The type of cricket I play, they really feel they will play that cricket. There’s nothing orthodox about it and I prefer to hold it easy.”

On Wednesday, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan had mentioned that it was “completely Dhoni’s call” when requested if the captain will determine in opposition to taking part in subsequent season and thus unencumber a handbag of INR 15 crore for the mini-auction.

“Frankly, we’re not even considering alongside these traces as we’ve not reached that stage,” Viswanathan had said. “It can be fully Dhoni’s name. But I can let you know, in CSK, we’ve not entertained these ideas.”