CSK CEO K Viswanathan confident that Dhoni will lead the franchise in 2021

Chennai Super Kings CEO K Viswanathan assured that MS Dhoni would lead the franchise in the Indian Premier League in the year 2021. CSK's poor performance, early elimination from the league and Dhoni giving away his jersey to younger players have created speculation that the skipper would retire from IPL as well and not lead the team next year.

Viswanathan put an end to this and pointed out that Dhoni had won them three championships and one bad year does not mean that they would change everything. "I am very confident that Dhoni will lead CSK in 2021. He has won three titles for us in IPL. This is the first year we have not qualified for the play-offs. No other team has done that. One bad year does not mean we will have to change everything", the CEO said.

He also cited the withdrawal of key players like Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh from the tournament and COVID19 as reasons for the team's below par performances. He said,"We didn't play to our potential this season. We lost games that we should have won. That pushed us back. The withdrawals of Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh coupled with COVID cases in the camp meant that the balance of the side was upset".

CSK became the first team who lost the race and failed to enter the play-offs in the IPL 2020. They have won four out of the twelve games they have played and are seated at the bottom of the IPL points table.