Chennai Tremendous Kings star M.S. Dhoni is more likely to miss the primary two weeks of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the franchise introduced on Saturday.
“MS Dhoni is at present present process rehabilitation for a calf pressure. Consequently, he’s more likely to miss the primary two weeks of TATA IPL 2026,” the official assertion learn.
Dhoni, who led CSK to 5 IPL titles, is essentially the most profitable captain within the league. He picked up the harm throughout a apply match and is present process rehabilitation in Chennai.
The event comes days after Dhoni, on the CSK ROAR’26 occasion, acknowledged that his health was “on the best way down” with age, when the prospect of taking part in past this season was put to him on stage.
The 44-year-old has managed his workload fastidiously in latest seasons. He underwent arthroscopic knee surgical procedure in Mumbai following CSK’s title-winning marketing campaign in 2023, the place he performed by way of the match with a closely strapped left knee.
Final season, the previous India skipper amassed 196 runs from 13 innings at a strike charge of 135.17. He struck 12 fours and 12 sixes within the season, whereas placing at 151.72 within the dying overs.
Dhoni’s harm solely provides to the woes of CSK, which is already with out top-order batter Mathew Brief, who will miss the opening few matches with a fractured thumb, whereas pacer Nathan Ellis has been dominated out of the match with a hamstring harm.
(with inputs from S. Prasanna Venkatesan)
Printed on Mar 28, 2026