{"id":499627,"date":"2026-03-28T06:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499627\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T06:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T06:52:08","slug":"ipl-2026-ms-dhoni-ruled-out-for-2-weeks-chennai-super-kings-suffer-massive-blow-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/499627\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL 2026: MS Dhoni ruled out for 2 weeks; Chennai Super Kings suffer massive blow | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dhoni-2803-ipl.jpg\" alt=\"IPL 2026: MS Dhoni ruled out for 2 weeks; Chennai Super Kings suffer massive blow\" title=\"MS Dhoni (Image credit: CSK\/IPL)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>MS Dhoni (Image credit: CSK\/IPL) NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings have suffered a major setback as their star wicketkeeper-batter <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> has been ruled out for two weeks due to a calf strain. CSK released a statement confirming the development.&#8221;MS <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dhoni\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dhoni<\/a> is currently undergoing rehabilitation for a calf strain. As a result, he is likely to miss the first two weeks of TATA IPL 2026. Get well soon, Thala!,&#8221; CSK said.  <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> IPL 2026: Mukesh Kumar on Shami\u2019s influence &amp; India comeback plans CSK will kick off their IPL 2026 campaign against Rajasthan Royals in Guwahati.Speculation that IPL 2026 could be Dhoni\u2019s last season has gathered pace following news of his injury. In addition to the calf strain, Dhoni has also been dealing with persistent knee issues.Dhoni had acknowledged his declining fitness during the \u2018ROAR 26\u2019 fan event at Chepauk recently, saying that &#8220;it is on the way down&#8221;.With Ruturaj Gaikwad leading the franchise for some time, CSK have also strengthened their wicketkeeping options by bringing in Sanju Samson and investing Rs 14.20 crore in uncapped wicketkeeper-batter Kartik Sharma.In 278 matches, Dhoni has scored 5,439 runs in 242 innings at an average of 38.30 and a strike rate of 137.45, including 24 fifties, with a highest score of 84*.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will take the lead in CSK in absence of Dhoni?<\/p>\n<p> He is the sixth-highest run-getter in the tournament\u2019s history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MS Dhoni (Image credit: CSK\/IPL) NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings have suffered a major setback as their star&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":499628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,28019,39822,175600,17774,12765,175599,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-499627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-csk","10":"tag-dhoni","11":"tag-dhoni-ruled-out","12":"tag-ipl-2026","13":"tag-ms-dhoni","14":"tag-ms-dhoni-ruled-out","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499627","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=499627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}