MS Dhoni had a tremendous Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 as he led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to their fifth league title. Notably, Mumbai Indians (MI) are the only other team to have won as many trophies as CSK. Although Chennai won the tournament, the win didn’t come easy for the champions. The Chennai-based team’s road to victory had many ups and downs, and their camp was ridden with several injuries throughout the event.
It is worth mentioning that among all the injured players, Dhoni was also struggling with knee issues and played the entire tournament with a knee-cap. The 41-year-old cricketer’s determination and valiant efforts were lauded by many experts and veteran cricketers.
Now after a successful IPL 2023 run, Dhoni finally took the call to treat his knee and underwent surgery in Mumbai on Thursday (May 1). The Jharkhand-born athlete was spotted with the sacred Bhagavad Gita ahead of the operation.
Speaking about Dhoni’s surgery to PTI, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan informed that the former India captain’s operation went well, and he’s doing fine.
“Yes, Dhoni has had a successful knee surgery at the Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai on Thursday. He is doing fine and the surgery happened in the morning. I don’t have details. I am yet to get all the details about the nature of surgery and other things,” said Kasi.
It is noteworthy that Dhoni’s surgery raised the hopes of fans to see the wicket-keeper batter return to IPL next year, as after winning the 16th edition of the league, Dhoni had said that he would try his best to come back and represent CSK in the cash-rich league in 2024.
“If you circumstantially see, it’s the best time to announce retirement. 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,” said Dhoni in the post-match presentation of IPL 2023 final.
