Ranchi: With the Indian Premier League postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus lockdown, former India skipper MS Dhoni, who was supposed to make a return to cricket, is making the most of his time staying indoors in his farmhouse in Ranchi.
A clip surfaced on social space on Tuesday, where Dhoni and his daughter Ziva, are playing with their pet Sam.
Dhoni, CSK's decorated captain who led India to 2007 T20 and 2011 ODI World Cup triumph besides shepherding the Yellow Brigade to three IPL crowns, has not played competitive cricket since India's 2019 World Cup semi-final loss to New Zealand.
The 38-year old was supposed to make a much-awaited comeback in the IPL and had also attended CSK's camp before the deadly virus forced sport across the world to come to a grinding halt.
CSK, on Tuesday, shared a video where Dhoni is seen spending time with daughter Ziva and his dog at his lawn in Ranchi with his back towards the camera.
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#Thala @msdhoni's back...quite literally so! 😊 #WhistlePodu VC: @SaakshiSRawat pic.twitter.com/UmZmb9A9uf
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">#Thala @msdhoni's back...quite literally so! 😊 #WhistlePodu VC: @SaakshiSRawat pic.twitter.com/UmZmb9A9uf
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 5, 2020#Thala @msdhoni's back...quite literally so! 😊 #WhistlePodu VC: @SaakshiSRawat pic.twitter.com/UmZmb9A9uf
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 5, 2020
"#Thala @msdhoni's back...quite literally so! Smiling face with smiling eyes #WhistlePodu," CSK captioned the tweet, crediting Dhoni's wife Sakshi for capturing the video.
The veteran wicketkeeper batsman is also seen giving the dog some catches with the ball with Ziva for company.
Meanwhile, dashing England wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler has said that Dhoni has always been a big idol and while playing in the IPL one lesson for him has been how the former India skipper manages all the fanfare and still performs in crunch situations.
"MS Dhoni has always been a big idol of mine and chaos is always going around him, people wanting a bit of him, the cricket and the noise.
"....it is such a great lesson to just watch him and see first hand how to manage all that thing if you have to perform at the top level and perform in those crunch moment, that certainly has been one of the massive pluses," Buttler said in an interview to Lancashire Cricket with Warren Hegg.
