With the whole has almost come to a halt in the ever-increasing threat of the novel coronavirus, several players are posting updates about their self-isolation activities to keep their fans engaged. In normal circumstances, cricketers would have been preparing for the Indian Premier League (IPL) but COVID-19 has adverse effects on all these plans.
While other cricketers are posting videos of their exercise routines, former India skipper, MS Dhoni is seen mowing his lawn. CSK posted an image on Twitter where ‘Thala’ is mowing his lawn in his farmhouse in Ranchi.
Captioning the video of the same, Chennai Super King’s handle wrote: “Lawn time, no see! #Thala #WhistlePodu,” captioned the post. The picture was originally shared by Dhoni’s wife Sakshi on her Instagram account.
Lawn time, no see!#Thala #WhistlePodu 🦁💛
PC: @SaakshiSRawat pic.twitter.com/UsWbkU6k0E— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) April 9, 2020
Dhoni has been on a sabbatical from the game of cricket even since India lost the World Cup 2019 semi-final match against New Zealand. He was expected to lead the Chennai Super Kings in the IPL 2020 before it was postponed.
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Recently, former India fast bowler Ashish Nehra talked about Dhoni’s rise. He reckons that the former Indian skipper announced his arrival at the international stage when he smashed his first century against Pakistan at Visakhapatnam. The latter scored his maiden international exactly 15 years ago in an ODI against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam. He smashed 148 off 123 balls and Nehra’s four-wicket haul later in the match helped India win by 58 runs.
According to Nehra, this innings gave the team management the confidence that India had found a good wicket-keeper batsman at a time when they were looking to relieve Rahul Dravid of wicket-keeping duties.
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During an interview with Times of India, Nehra said, “That innings got the team to believe that we too could have a prolific wicket-keeper batsman. Dhoni didn’t have a great time in his initial matches. Unwavering self-confidence is Dhoni’s strength. That innings was like he had tasted blood and he yearned for more. He hardly ever batted at No. 3 after that innings but he had made a statement that day. We lost all the remaining four matches in that series but we discovered Dhoni.”
