A warrior. A veteran. A champion: Chennai Super Kings share video of MS Dhoni limping off the field after IPL match vs Rajasthan Royals

Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni came within a hair’s breath in handing his team a thrilling victory against Rajasthan Royals on Wednesday. With 21 to get from the last over, Dhoni would hit pacer Sandeep Sharma for two sixes but a well placed yorker in the last ball would give the Royals a narrow 3-run victory.
On Thursday, CSK shared a video of Dhoni with a slight limp as he made his way out of the field after the match was over titled, “A warrior. A veteran. A champion – The One and Only!”
CSK coach Stephen Fleming also confirmed that Dhoni was nursing a knee injury. “He is nursing a knee injury which you can see in some of his movement, hindering him somewhat. His fitness has been professional. He comes in months before the tournament. He does some netting in Ranchi, but his main preseason is a month before he comes to Chennai.

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“He works his way back into match form, and you can still see he is playing pretty well. So we always have confidence about how he manages himself. He always keeps himself up to speed,” said Fleming at the post-match press conference.
In the match, Dhoni scored a brisk 32 not out off 17 balls but failed to apply the finishing touch as the Royals held on for a three-run victory over the Super Kings
Chennai reached 172/6 (20 overs), despite Dhoni’s blitz in his 200th game as Chennai captain and his 59-run partnership off 30 balls with Ravindra Jadeja.
Dhoni hit three sixes; two came in Sharma’s 20th over. But the 29-year-old bowler did enough to hold his own against 41-year-old Dhoni’s finishing prowess.