Dhoni after winning the IPL trophy 2023.
Dhoni after winning the IPL trophy 2023.
IPL Final 2023: In the final of the Indian Premier League, against Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings have once again won the title under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. Along with winning the 5th IPL title, Chennai has also equaled the record of Mumbai Indians, who won the IPL title (IPL 2023) for the most number of times. In the final match, Chennai Super Kings won their 5th IPL title by defeating Gujarat Titans. The first match of IPL season 2023 was played between CSK and GT team. In their first match, Chennai had to face defeat against the then defending champions Gujarat Titans. In the first match of IPL, Chennai Super Kings had given Gujarat Titans a target of 179 runs in 20 overs, which Gujarat Titans achieved by scoring 182 runs losing 5 wickets in 4 balls. Dhoni got emotional even in this match. Dhoni himself told the reason for this.
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After the IPL final, when TV presenter Harsha Bhogle asked Dhoni about his emotional nature, Dhoni said, “You get emotional about many such things. When you know that this is the last season of your career.” . It started with the first match of the IPL. When I was about to play the first match, I saw people in the stadium calling my name. Then that night I kept walking in the dugout. My eyes got moist and I went to the dugout. Stood there for a while. I took my time and then I realized that I should enjoy it without any pressure. Same thing happened to me in Chennai. It was my last match there but I thought whatever will happen Will happen.”
However, during the post match presentation, Dhoni said that he has not retired from IPL yet. He still has 9 months. Till then I can think about it. Only after this will I decide on playing in IPL. Batting first in the final match of IPL, Gujarat Titans scored 214 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. In response, when Chennai scored 4 runs, it started raining again and the match was reduced to 15 overs and Chennai got a target of 171 runs. Ravindra Jadeja gave Chennai the victory by hitting sixes and fours in the last two balls and Chennai Super Kings won their 5th IPL title.
