" I just want to enjoy the game for a while," says Dhoni.

His remarks come at a time when there are still questions over his presence for IPL 2025

According to MS Dhoni, he wants to enjoy "whatever last few years of cricket" he you enjoy. While there are still questions over his presence for IPL 2025, Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan said last month he was cheerful that Dhoni will become part of the upcoming year.

" I just want to like whatever last few years of cricket I'm able to play", Dhoni said at a special event in Goa. " Only enjoying the game," as we used to do when we were younger and used to go out and play at [4]pm. However, it becomes difficult to enjoy a game like a match when you play a professional game. But what I want to do is, there are thoughts and agreements, but I want to enjoy the game for the next few ages".

The ten franchises have until October 31 to post their listing of retained players to the IPL ahead of the big bidding, and this year Dhoni is ready to get retained by CSK as an unrestricted player. A concept that had been repealed in 2021, which allowed a player to be deemed unlimited if they had been out of international cricket for five years, was reinstated by the IPL.

Dhoni had batted lower down the attempt throughout IPL 2024, coming out to experience just a handful of sales. While Dhoni's hip surgery contributed to the decision's task management, he also disclosed that it was intended to give India gamers who were then competing for the T20 World Cup game-time.

" My thinking was plain, if others are doing their job well why do I need to travel up the order", Dhoni said. " If you're talking about last year ( season ) specifically, the T20 World Cup squad was going to be announced soon. So we have to give people who are fighting for a position a possibility. In our team ( CSK) we had a few ,]Ravindra] Jadeja was there, Shivam Dube was there so you give them an opportunity to prove themselves to get into the Indian team. There was nothing, no variety, and other items in it. So I'm good behind]playing down the order ] and my team was delighted with what I was doing".

Dhoni: ' Love how teams are playing Tests today'

Modi admitted he's a fan of Bazball. He said he "loves" how Examine cricket has become more result-oriented when asked if he was a fan of this high-risk, no-fear model of cricket.

" You can offer cricket any word that you want to, what we have seen is cricket has evolved", Dhoni said. " The way people are playing cricket is very unique. There was a time when in ODIs everything was considered a healthy score, then that score is not safe in T20s too.

What do you call someone and it becomes much more exciting as you start talking about it and developing ties to it, but at the end of the day, what is it? It's a way to enjoy cricket. Some individuals want to play extreme cricket, some folks want to enjoy authentic cricket. The type of team you have will determine a lot of that, including whether they can alter the way they play cricket. It's important to understand the strength of your team, and you can choose the format for your cricket career, but it takes practice. It does n't happen that overnight you say,' let's start playing like this tomorrow'. Because they have played for 10 to 12 years in the sport of cricket and have a specific style of playing it, you must allow them to adjust.

Singh claimed that there were "difficult days" up when he was playing testing, especially when he was aware that the match was about to end in a draw.

" For me, the most difficult time during a Test match was the fifth day of a match which is the last time when you knew that 100 % it is going to get a draw, "he said". I would still need to maintain for roughly 2.5 classes and that was the most grueling part. You see there is no result happening, you are simply going through the motions. Yes, bowlers would like to take wickets, batters will try to score runs ,]but ] there is no result in the game. You think this end this and go, why do I have to be here. But I love the fact there's change in the way teams are playing Test cricket.

" Imagine telling someone who does n't know much cricket we play over five days and we start at 9.30 and 4.30 is the scheduled end of play, we play till 5]pm ] sometimes, and after five days we do n't get a result. That's not good for the sport. But I love how there's more benefits in today's world. Even if we are playing only four days of cricket and one day gets washed out, still you get a result- that's the beauty of Test cricket and that's how it should stay- you want to get a result after five days and you should n't have a draw".