CSK Told To ‘Fix MS Dhoni’s Role’ Before Naming Next Head Coach

Che ai
Supe
Ki gs
have
bee
advised
to
settle
MS
Dho i& squo;s
futu e
ole
befo e
decidi g
o
Stephe
Flemi g& squo;s
successo .
Fo me
I dia
batte
K is
S ikka th
has
backed
Michael
Hussey
fo
the
head
coach
positio
while
ejecti g
Eoi
Mo ga
a d
B e do
McCullum
as
optio s
fo
the
five-time
IPL
champio s.

CSK
U ged
To
So t
Dho i& squo;s
Role
Fi st

Flemi g’s
depa tu e
has
left
CSK
sea chi g
fo
a
ew
head
coach
afte
a
18-yea
pa t e ship
that
p oduced
five
IPL
titles.

Eoi
Mo ga
has
eme ged
as
o e
of
the
ames
li ked
with
the
vaca cy,
with
fo me
CSK
a d
I dia
spi e
Ravicha d a
Ashwi
ece tly
discussi g
the
possibility
o
his
YouTube
cha el.

Howeve ,
S ikka th
does
ot
believe
Mo ga
should
be
co side ed
fo
the
ole.

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Ha bhaja
Reveals
‘Plot’:
Yuv aj,
Te dulka
A d
D avid
Nea ly
Made
Ga guly
Quit
Captai cy

“I
wo ‘t
go
fo
Eoi
Mo ga
fo
su e.
He
was
a
good
playe
a d
a
good
captai
fo
E gla d.
But
as
a
coach,
I
wo ‘t
accept
him
as
a
optio .
Eve
as
KKR’s
captai ,
he
did ‘t
do
a ythi g
g eat.
It’ll
be
best
if
he
just
sticks
to
comme ta y,”
said
S ikka th
o
his
YouTube
cha el.

S ikka th
also
uled
out
B e do
McCullum,
whose
existi g
espo sibilities
as
E gla d’s
white-ball
coach
could
make
the
ole
difficult
to
ma age.

“Likewise,
it’ll
be
good
fo
CSK
if
they
do ‘t
appoi t
B e do
McCullum
as
the
head
coach.
They
should
say
o
to
both
Mo ga
a d
McCullum,”
said
S ikka th.

Michael
Hussey
Backed
To
Replace
Flemi g

I stead
of
looki g
outside
the
f a chise,
S ikka th
believes
CSK
al eady
have
thei
ideal
ca didate
i
Michael
Hussey.

The
fo me
Aust alia
batte ,
k ow
as
‘M
C icket’,
is
cu e tly
pa t
of
CSK’s
coachi g
setup
as
thei
batti g
coach.

S ikka th
believes
Hussey
should
be
the
automatic
choice
to
succeed
Flemi g.

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Pakista i
Umpi e
Ahsa
Raza
Fo ced
To
Leave
TV
Box
Fo
SL
vs
IND
Test;
He e& squo;s
Why

“CSK
do ‘t
eed
a yo e
f om
outside
whe
they
have
M .
C icket
with
him.
Michael
Hussey
should
be
the
automatic
head
coach.
He
will
be
the
best
choice.”

Hussey’s
familia ity
with
the
f a chise
a d
its
existi g
setup,
acco di g
to
S ikka th,
makes
him
a
mo e
atu al
optio
tha
b i gi g
i
a
exte al
coach.

‘What
Will
MS
Dho i& squo;s
Place
I
CSK
Be?& squo;

S ikka th,
howeve ,
believes
the
coachi g
decisio
ca ot
be
sepa ated
f om
the
bigge
questio
su ou di g
Dho i.

Dho i
did
ot
play
a
si gle
match
fo
CSK
du i g
IPL
2026,
maki g
his
futu e
with
the
f a chise
a
majo
facto
i
dete mi i g
its
ext
phase.

Rathe
tha
simply
appoi ti g
a
ew
head
coach,
S ikka th
believes
CSK
fi st
eed
cla ity
o
Dho i’s
ole
a d
i flue ce
withi
the
f a chise.

“But
what
will
MS
Dho i’s
place
i
CSK
be
goi g
fo wa d?
That
a a geme t
has
to
be
fixed
fi st,
a d
o ly
the
will
eve ythi g
else
fall
i
place,”
S ikka th
said.

The
comme t
puts
Dho i’s
ole
at
the
ce t e
of
CSK’s
ext
coachi g
decisio .
With
Flemi g
go e
a d
the
f a chise
e te i g
a
ew
phase,
the
questio
is
o
lo ge
o ly
about
who
eplaces
him,
but
also
about
how
much
espo sibility
a d
i flue ce
Dho i
will
have
goi g
fo wa d.

Fo
S ikka th,
that
cla ity
eeds
to
come
befo e
CSK
fi alise
thei
ext
head
coach.

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