Published 17:03 IST, April 13th 2020

SRH mentor VVS Laxman boldly predicts CSK captain MS Dhoni will play 3 more IPL seasons

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) mentor VVS Laxman believes Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain MS Dhoni's fitness and leadership skills will prolong his run in the IPL.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) mentor and former Team India batsman VVS Laxman believes that Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain and former India captain MS Dhoni can continue playing for next three years considering his levels of fitness. wicketkeeper's future has been clouded with uncertainty with CSK skipper t featuring for India since July last year. IPL 2020 could have been an ideal platform for Dhoni to anunce a return to national colours. However, both his and tournament's future remains in doubt with outbreak of  coronavirus pandemic. 

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SRH mentor VVS Laxman believes CSK captain MS Dhoni can play three more IPL seasons

While re are question marks on MS Dhoni's international future, re’s doubt over his IPL career as he was set to captain CSK in IPL 2020. SRH mentor VVS Laxman, while speaking to Star Sports, predicted that MS Dhoni can continue playing for CSK for three more years considering his fitness. Laxman praised Dhoni's astute captaincy and claimed that wicketkeeper enjoys leading Chennai outfit. SRH mentor added that while newly elected Sunil Joshi-led selection panel will have to sit down and discuss MS Dhoni's international future, wicketkeeper will lead CSK for a couple of seasons more. 

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MS Dhoni has been a vital cog in Team India side since his debut in 2005. Dhoni has featured in 350 ODIs for India, scoring a mammoth 10,773 runs at an excellent aver of 50.53. Dhoni anunced his retirement from Test cricket in 2014 and gave up his ODI captaincy to Virat Kohli in 2017 but continued to play white-ball cricket till 2019 World Cup. Post World Cup semi-final loss, MS Dhoni has remained unavailable for national team's selection and was snubbed by BCCI in ir annual contracted players' list. IPL 2020 was mooted as Dhoni's comeback and a way back into India's T20 World Cup plans but scenario seems unlikely with IPL postponed due to coronavirus pandemic. 

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17:03 IST, April 13th 2020