‘He’s Like A Drug’ – MS Dhoni Reflects On His Relationship With Deepak Chahar

Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni and pacer Deepak Chahar share a geat camaraderie. Chahar rose to prominence after MS Dhoni picked him for CSK. The pacer didn’t disappoint either with a staggering show with the ball. At times though, Chahar was found on the receiving end of MS Dhoni after he failed to execute the plans. MS Dhoni recently talked about Deepak Chahar and said that he may never see him mature in his lifetime.

“Deepak Chahar is like a drug, if he is not there, you would think, where is he – if he is around, you would think, why he is here – good part is that he is maturing but he takes time and that is the problem, in my lifetime, I won’t see him matured (smiles),” Dhoni said at the launch of ‘Lets Get Married’

Deepak Chahar Reveals Incident When He Was Reprimanded By MS Dhoni

Deepak Chahar had a brilliant outing in IPL 2023 which helped MS Dhoni-led CSK win its fifth IPL title, picking 13 wickets. The pacer recently opened up on MS Dhoni’s way of working with his bowlers, and also revealed an incident when he was reprimanded by MS Dhoni.

“I was bowling in the death overs for the very first time. They never made me bowl in the death because it was not needed. There were bowlers like Shardul and Bravo to bowl the death overs. Now Bravo got injured. It was a critical match,” said Chahar in a recent episode of Breakfast with Champions.

He (Dhoni came to me and said ‘you act smart as if you know everything. Why are you bowling in this manner?’ I was thinking that my career was over. Then I gave 5 runs off the next 5 balls and after the match he hugged me.”

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