MS Dhoni is full of surprises: Ab de Villiers makes bold prediction on CSK captain’s IPL future

South Africa and IPL great AB de Villiers has made a bold prediction about MS Dhoni’s IPL future.

While adding that he was happy to see the legendary cricketer’s name on Chennai Super Kings’s retention list ahead of the next season. MS Dhoni was retained as CSK’s captain for the IPL 2024 season. CSK released up to eight players, but the core of the team remained, including MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, and Ruturaj Gaikwad.

Dhoni played with a niggle in his knee throughout the IPL 2023 season, leading the Super Kings to their sixth title. The famous wicketkeeper-batter scored 104 runs in 16 matches at a fantastic strike rate of 184 while performing the finisher’s job to perfection. Dhoni put an end to speculation about his future after winning the IPL 2023 title, declaring he would return to play for CSK in 2024 as a present to the fans who have backed him.

“I see that man’s name on the retention list, and it just makes me happy. There was a lot of talk about it in the last season about whether it was going to be his last season. He is moving on to 2024 to play another IPL season. With him, he is always full of surprises. Maybe he has got three more to go, who knows? But It is just great to see his name on there,” AB de Villiers said on his YouTube channel.

Despite having to wear extensive strapping on his knee for the whole IPL 2023 season, Dhoni led CSK to their sixth title. The Royal Challengers Bangalore great also discussed CSK’s likely target in the IPL 2024 auction, Shahrukh Khan, who was released by Punjab Kings.

“He (Shahrukh Khan) is a strong player and is pretty consistent. I am very sure some of the teams will be very keen to get him over there. He hits the ball a long way as well. That’s where CSK stand out. They are very good at picking up released players,” de Villiers added.