CSK's defeat in Bengaluru may have marked Dhoni's potential farewell from the IPL.
Renowned cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle and former England captain Michael Vaughan expressed their disappointment with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru players for failing to shake hands with MS Dhoni after his impressive performance in Match 68 of the IPL 2024 on Saturday night.
Bhogle and Vaughan believed that the RCB players missed an opportunity to show respect to Dhoni, considering it could have been his final innings and match in the IPL.
Although the 42-year-old has not officially announced his future in the league, CSK's defeat in Bengaluru may have marked Dhoni's potential farewell from the IPL.
"It doesn't matter. You win a World Cup final, but you still shake hands with the opposition. It's one of the great things about our game, because symbolic of the fact that now our antagonism is over, we did not give an inch to each other but it was just a game," Bhogle told Cricbuzz.
Vaughan subsequently offered his perspective on the matter.
"If there was ever a time for a group of players to show awareness, we don't know, if that was MS Dhoni's last game and those players have run around the ground doing handstands when all they need to do is wait, 'the legend's over there. We have to just go and shake his hand'.
"You shake hands and then do your cartwheels and stuff. I wouldn't want to be an RCB player waking up tomorrow morning thinking MS Dhoni has just announced his retirement and we didn't have the decency to go and shake his hand first.
Following the defeat, it was observed that Dhoni, along with his teammates and coaches, was seated in the dugout. However, he promptly rose from his seat and proceeded to the dressing room. It was noted that he only exchanged pleasantries with a member of the RCB support staff post-match.
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