Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a “magician” who can flip another person’s “trash into treasure” says the good Matthew Hayden, who additionally reckons that the previous India captain’s unmatched contribution to the CSK success story makes his taking part in future with the franchise “nearly irrelevant”.
Dhoni’s tactical genius has performed an enormous half in CSK reaching their tenth IPL last. He didn’t have one of the best of bowling assaults at his disposal initially of the event however he has been in a position to deliver one of the best out of it.
How he has used Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Dube within the batting division has additionally been praised broadly.
Dhoni, who has performed with a knee harm all through the event, has given himself 8-9 months to resolve on his taking part in future. Hayden, nevertheless, feels the World Cup-winning captain is not going to be round for the following IPL.
“MS is a magician. He takes another person’s trash and makes them a treasure. He’s a really skilful and optimistic captain. He mentioned one thing actually fascinating which I believed summed up not solely his humility and his reality round cricket the place he’s represented and that’s in Tamil Nadu Cricket Affiliation,” Hayden informed PTI.
“The alignment between that affiliation and the franchise, how sturdy that’s when it comes to constructing that course of. To me, that’s MS. There’s a systematic approach of going by way of issues and dealing by way of them. He did that for India and he’s doing it for Chennai Tremendous Kings”, he mentioned.
“Whether or not he performs or not subsequent 12 months it’s nearly irrelevant. Personally, I do not suppose he’ll however then he’s M.S. Dhoni,” he mentioned at an occasion organised by College of Know-how Sydney (UTS).
Instances of three-format gamers shortly coming to an finish
With the speedy rise of T20 cricket around the globe, it has change into more and more troublesome for gamers to play all three codecs. Hayden thinks not solely that makes it unimaginable for gamers to decide to all codecs, it additionally questions the way forward for the sport, particularly the 50-over model.
“The time of three-format gamers is shortly coming to an finish. I’d problem the sport round whether or not these codecs are even viable anymore. It appears to me there may be nice enthusiasm nonetheless to play Take a look at cricket and World Take a look at Championship is an effective instance of that. In any other case, I see a variety of T20 cricket being performed,” he mentioned.
The 51-year-old additionally mentioned that the gamers who’re giving up nationwide contracts to play franchise cricket around the globe cannot be blamed.
“It’s inevitable that youngsters of tomorrow wish to play sport, they wish to play franchise cricket. Now we have seen variety of gamers, particularly from marginalised communities, cricketers from the West Indies for instance, they’re getting very lively in different sports activities and poached to different sports activities due to their magnificent athletic potential. The good fall from grace from the gorgeous sides of the 80s, Hayden mentioned.
Hayden added, “Somebody like Nicholas Pooran for instance. Has he actually received any curiosity in taking part in Take a look at match cricket? Earlier than him, Dwayne Bravo performed little bit of Take a look at cricket however principally performed franchise cricket all around the world.”
“There are tons of of instance like that. From Australia, somebody like David Warner. Is he going to be centered on Take a look at cricket now or is he going to play the rest of his profession (in T20s)? It’s at all times going to be difficult the place there may be huge sum of money to be made. It’s going to occur and all of it must be embraced,” he added.
