CSK vs GT: MS Dhoni's post-match comment gives massive hint on his last match in IPL 2023

Four-time champions Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 15 runs in Qualifier 1 to enter final of Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.

Defending champions GT will get ar chance to reach final as y play winner of Eliminator in Qualifier 2 at Ahmedabad on Friday.

Speaking about his retirement, Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday said he will take a call on his retirement in ar 8 to 9 months as re is rush to decide on future.

“I don’t kw, I have 8-9 months to decide. Why take that headache w. I have ample time to decide. auction is in December,” Dhoni said at post-match presentation after guiding CSK to ir 10th IPL final.

“I will always come to CSK. I have been out of home from January, been practicing since March, so we will see.” four-time champions, who had finished at ninth spot in 2022, dished out a commanding performance to outclass Gujarat Titans by 15 runs in Qualifier 1 to make it to summit clash yet again.

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“I think IPL is too big to say it is ar final. It is 10 teams it is even tougher, it is hard work of more than 2 months, lots of characters, everybody has contributed, middle order didn’t get ample opportunity but very happy to be where we are.

“GT are a fantastic team and y’ve chased very well, so thought was to get m in. But it was a good toss to lose. If Jaddu gets conditions that help him. he’s very difficult to hit. His bowling changed game. t to forget his partnership with Moeen.”

“I can be a anying captain", Dhoni said he can be an “anying” skipper as he too often keeps changing his bowlers and fielders according to match situation.

“You see wicket, you see conditions, and you keep adjusting field. I can be an anying captain because I change field every time.

“It can be anying but I believe in my gut feel. That’s why I keep telling fielders to keep an eye on me.” On number of fast bowlers coming out of CSK stable, Dhoni said: “We try to create an environment and work out what is strength of a fast bowler. We try to give m confidence and tell m ‘please try to explore your bowling’.

"We try to motivate m as much as possible. Support staff is re, Bravo and Eric are re." We conceded 15 extra runs: Hardik Pandya, GT conceded 35 off last 3 overs and skipper Hardik Pandya blamed bowlers for giving away 15 runs extra by bowling "soft balls".

"I think we were quite spot-on, but we made basic errors. kind of bowlers we had, we conceded 15 extra runs," he said.

"A lot of things, we did right. We bowled a couple of soft balls in between. We gave some runs. We don't need to look much into it. We have one more game.

Asked if Dhoni made it look like a bigger total, Pandya said: "That's beauty about him (Dhoni), with his mind and way he uses bowlers, it feels like he's adding 10 runs.

"We kept losing wickets, he kept changing bowlers, credit to him. Would be nice to meet him on Sunday. We expected dew would come, it didn't come. We didn't do right in both departments. We'll give a crack again after two days."