“That was cunning of ms dhoni”: kkr star narrates mind-boggling Incident Involving CSK Icon

Another Generation of Cricketers Prepares to Make Its Bow in the Indian Premier League (IPL), with the OG MS Dhoni Still Going Strong. As the IPL 2025 Season Begins, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) All-Rounder Venkatesh Iyer would take charge as the Vice-Captain of the Franchise, Under the VETERARAN AJINKYA RAHANA. For venkatesh, the promotion in the Leadership Role is a big move and he has alredy shown the appetiite for it. Narrating an increasent from his IPL experiences of playing against ms dhoni, the kkr star reveled how dhoni predicted one of his dismissals to the absolute perfection and even expenses the newly founded. Field placement.

When dhoni was leading the chennai super kings in the IPL 2023 season, he moved a fielder to an unorthodox position, surprising iyer. But, unfortunately for the kkr star, he hit the ball exactly at that location. Later when he asked Dhoni about the move, the csk skipper gave a descriptive answer.

“Dhoni took out a fielder from Deep Square Leg and Placed Him at Short Third, Slightly Away from The Spot Where Short Third Usually is. The [very] Next Ball, I Hit Straight Into Short Third’s Hands, “Venkatesh is quoted as saying by espncricinfo Cricket Monthly,

“Post the game I asked Dhoni why he placed that fielder in that spot and he had a proper answer for it. World, and he knew that if I hit this shot, it has go in that direction, so he had a fielder put there. This is being proactive.

“That was the cunning of dhoni. I could have waited for a couple of balls, but no, the next ball, I hit it there (chuckles) and it just happy. Ball I Hit There. It is up to the Batsman to Unders [on the field]”Said venkatesh.

Venkatesh became the second most-expensive player in ipl history after eating boght for Rs. 23.75 Crore in the IPL 2025 auction last year. Despite Making Extravagant Fortune, Venkatesh Believes in Being A Regular in Domestic Cricket.

“Domestic Cricket is extramely important when it comes to all this (having an impact as an individual player). When I play for mp, there are players who are scoring a lot at the top and i get to bat Middle.

“So Spending a lot of time in domestic cricket allowed me to understand: because I knew that there are bulk scorers in my team, how do I stand out? I perform in both facets of the game, but a bit, but a bit, but Team Win.