‘I had nothing to do with this decision’ – MS Dhoni on the inclusion of Robin Uthappa in the Chennai Super Kings squad

‘I had nothing to do with this decision’ – MS Dhoni on the inclusion of Robin Uthappa in the Chennai Super Kings squad

Robin Uthappa

Chennai Super Kings opener Robin Uthappa revealed what MS Dhoni told him after the team acquired him in this year’s mega auction. Uthappa was traded by Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2021, and his game changed drastically once he donned the yellow jersey. After being impressed by his performance last year, the team decided to repurchase him at auction, and he was chosen at his base price of INR 2 crore.

This year’s CSK squad is comprised of both young and experienced batters. Meanwhile, Robin Uthappa has been close to Dhoni and the two have both played for India. He talked about the first conversation he had with Dhoni after the team chose him this year.

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“After two days, MS called me and said, ‘See you, bro.’ ‘Welcome to the team,’ he said. ‘Thank you for believing in me,’ I said. ‘I had nothing to do with this decision,’ he said. ‘I didn’t do anything because of two reasons,’ he explained. The first is for your own good. You should get involved in this area for your own sake. Two, if I have anything to do with this decision, people will always believe that because you are my friend, I have chosen you to be on my side. So I had nothing to do with this decision,” Robin Uthappa said on his YouTube channel to Ravichandran Ashwin.

“When it came to me, I asked the support staff, the coaching staff, and management.” We’re good to go if they’re okay with him. I don’t want to be a part of this decision. It made me feel really good because there was complete indemnity from every angle. And also for him. It gave me hope that the support staff believed in me. It was like, ‘OK, now I can go there and do my own thing.’ And I immediately felt a connection to the team,” he concluded.

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