MS Dhoni: Dhoni will play IPL for one more year for the love of the fans, dismissed speculations of retirement after becoming champion – ipl 2023 final mahendra singh dhoni statement retirement after csk vs gt

He said, ‘The body has to cooperate. The way the Chennai fans have showered me with love, it will be my gift to them to play for one more season. The love and passion they have shown, I should also do something for them. Dhoni said, ‘This is the last phase of my career. It started from here and the whole stadium was chanting my name. This happened in Chennai as well but I will come back and play as much as I can.

The condition of the final match was something like this

Batting first, Gujarat Titans scored 214 runs in 20 overs for 3 wickets and gave a big target of 215 runs to Chennai Super Kings in the final. Due to rain in the match, Chennai had to score 171 runs in 15 overs. Significantly, Ravindra Jadeja hit a six and a four off the last 2 balls to make CSK the champion for the fifth time by winning the match by 5 wickets.