{"id":490621,"date":"2026-03-23T08:41:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490621\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T08:41:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:41:18","slug":"dhoni-to-play-for-csk-till-60-his-i-can-try-reply-sends-fans-into-frenzy-watch-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/490621\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhoni to play for CSK till 60! His &#8216;I can try&#8217; reply sends fans into frenzy &#8211; WATCH | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dhoni-22303-ipl.jpg\" alt=\"Dhoni to play for CSK till 60! His 'I can try' reply sends fans into frenzy - WATCH\" title=\"MS Dhoni and Sivakarthikeyan  (Image credit: IPL\/CSK)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>MS Dhoni and Sivakarthikeyan  (Image credit: IPL\/CSK) NEW DELHI: The love fans have for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ms-dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MS Dhoni<\/a> is no secret. The cheers, noise, hoots, and chants of \u201cDhoni! Dhoni!\u201d are inevitable every time he makes an appearance \u2014 and it was no different when he walked onto the stage. Beyond the excitement, fans continue to hope to see the 44-year-old feature in every IPL season.As the event began, one question was on everyone\u2019s mind: will Dhoni retire after IPL 2026? The former captain, who led Chennai Super Kings to five titles, offered a subtle hint. <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> CSK host fan engagement event at Chepauk ahead of IPL 2026Hosting the event, Sivakarthikeyan asked: \u201cAre you going to retire? But you said &#8220;definitely not&#8221;. An And expect the same answer every year. You can play till you turn 60.\u201dWith a smile, Dhoni replied: &#8220;It&#8217;s very difficult&#8221;.Sivakarthikeyan added: &#8220;With your fitness, it&#8217;s easy I think&#8221;.\u201cIt is very difficult. It is on the way down, not on the way up. But I will try,\u201d Dhoni said.Dhoni\u2019s \u201cI will try\u201d response was met with thunderous applause, as the crowd erupted in excitement.An elated Sivakarthikeyan then said, &#8220;we have got the answer&#8221;.Dhoni has led CSK to five IPL titles \u2014 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, and 2023.CSK will begin their IPL 2026 campaign against Rajasthan Royals on March 30 at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/microsite_v2\/website-toisa,path-book_pass_2026.cms?utm_source=TOI&amp;utm_medium=Masthead_sports\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Banner Insert\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" title=\"\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdersrc=\"\" placeholdermsid=\"\" msid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/129493222.cms.jpeg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MS Dhoni and Sivakarthikeyan (Image credit: IPL\/CSK) NEW DELHI: The love fans have for MS Dhoni is no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[172843,1721,172502,12765,28205,173549,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-490621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-chennai-super-kings-ipl-2026","tag-cricket","tag-dhoni-retirement","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-ms-dhoni-retirement","tag-ms-dhoni-retires","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}