‘Nobody gives you a discount for age’: MS Dhoni Speaks On Fitness

MS Dhoni Speaks on a Fitness Regime For IPL Season: Former Chennai Super Kings Captain MS Dhoni played the IPL 2024 season under the captaincy of Gaikwad and it did not go to playoffs.

He revealed that although he did not play cricket throughout the year, there is no “discount for age” when he plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

This CSK player also spoke about his love for cars, bikes, and pets.

‘Nobody gives you a discount for age’: MS Dhoni Speaks On Fitness

At the age of 42, MS Dhoni was still the leading cricketer mainly in IPL, and he said that nobody was going to give you a discount at that age. From 2020, he was only playing in IPL at Chennai Super Kings and for him, it became difficult to maintain his fitness throughout the year.

Dhoni when he was at a promotional event in Dubai, said that,

“The toughest thing is… I am not playing cricket throughout the year. So I have to be fit. Once I come, you are competing against youngsters who are fit and playing international cricket.

Professional sport is not easy, nobody gives you a discount for age. If you want to play, you have to be as fit as the other guy. Age doesn’t give that grace to you.

So, eating habits, a bit of training and all those things are there. Social media, thankfully, I am not on social media, so there’s less distraction.”

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“Once I quit international cricket, I wanted to spend a bit more time with my family. But, at that same time, to be mentally active, to have that passion to stay focussed — for me, I love farming, for me it’s the motorbikes, I have started getting into vintage cars.

These things de-stress me. If am stressed, I would maybe go to the garage, spend a couple of hours over there and I will just be fine, I would come back,” he added.

“I have always felt growing up with a pet, whether it’s a cat or a dog… I prefer dogs though. They have unconditional love for you. I have said this in a previous interview, even if I lose a game and come back, my dog greets me the same way.”

MS Dhoni after a defeat in the CSK vs RCB match, was spotted at Ranchi, and this player we can see him next time he may end his professional career.