Former India cricketer Atul Wassan seems to have answered the most talked-about topic in this season's IPL on his latest episode of the Bails and Banter Show on OTTPlay. And his take on MS Dhoni's future in the Indian Premier League is enough to send all the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) fans into meltdown. Wassan reckons that Dhoni did the best he could have with the kind of players he had at his disposal, invoking the age-old wisdom that a captain is only as good as the team.

"A captain is as good as the team he gets; if I give the Zimbabwe team to Clive Lloyd, he won't be good either. Dhoni's captaincy should be rated based on the team he got; when he had the team in the past, we all know what he did. In my opinion, captaincy is at times overrated," Wassan said.

Wassan believes it is difficult to disassociate Dhoni and CSK, and while CSK's on-field performance has not been great this season in the IPL, in fact, the worst since the inception of the Indian Premier League, the franchise is still making money through the former India captain. He further stated that the CSK captain knows that his best days are well behind him, but the fact that he is still playing while being criticised shows his commitment and loyalty towards the franchise.

In trying to put more weight behind his argument, he pointed out that it makes little sense for someone who has achieved everything in the book to put himself in a situation like this, and suggests that he will be up there playing the IPL next season as well, despite not being at his 100 percent.

"Dhoni is CSK, and CSK is Dhoni. CSK could have been doing good or not alongside Dhoni, but he is still recovering money for the franchise. Dhoni knows that his best days are gone, but he is still playing and facing the criticism. It shows how much attached he is to the franchise. Otherwise, why would someone who has achieved everything put himself in this situation? And I believe he would be up next year as well, despite not being at his 100 percent," Wassan concluded.

CSK finished last in the points table with four wins and ten losses. Dhoni once again took up the captain’s mantle after regular skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was sidelined with an elbow injury mid-season.

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