N Srinivasan needed Virender Sehwag over MS Dhoni for Chennai Super Kings in 2008: Report

New Delhi: After playing for Rising Pune Supergiant for a long time, previous Indian captain MS Dhoni is good to go to rejoin with Chennai Super Kings in the eleventh release of the Indian Premier League. Since the origin of the competition in 2008, the Yellow Brigade has turned out to be a standout amongst the most well known T20 establishments, in India, as well as all inclusive, because of Dhoni's enormous fan following. Throughout the years, Dhoni has sharpened the abilities of a few cricketers from over the globe who went ahead to play worldwide cricket for their separate nations. When different establishments ceased from binge spending cash on old stallions in the as of late finished up IPL barters, CSK held Dhoni as the captain of the group for the eleventh version. Yet, what numerous don't have a clue, what that Dhoni wasn't the most loved to join CSK squad in 2008. 

Previous Indian cricketer VB Chandrasekhar, who was CSK's central selector in 2008 and in addition executive of cricket operations, as of late educated Sportskeeda regarding how he persuaded Srinivasan to gain the Jharkhand batsman rather than the 'Nawab of Najafgarh in the main season. He opened up about the discussion amongst him and N Srinivasan on whom to pick.

“Before the auctions in 2008, Mr N Srinivasan asked me, “Who are you going to pick?” I said Dhoni. He asked, “Why not Virender Sehwag?”

"I said Sehwag would not provide me with the kind of inspiration that the crowd will be looking forward to, whereas Dhoni is a captain, a wicket-keeper and a batsman who can change the match situation on his own. So I asked him if I could look for him,” Chandrasekhar was quoted by Sportskeeda.

Chandrasekhar further said how and why CSK finalised on Dhoni. N Srinivasan said, “I would rather have Sehwag.” However, the next day morning, he came and said, “Go get Dhoni.”

Chandrasekhar additionally expounded about his intends to shape a group around Dhoni with the little tote that was accessible to him for the group. He stated, for Dhoni, the administration had kept a measure of 1.1 million with a sum of 5 million spending plan to purchase the entire group. As indicated by their sources, some other group were likewise targetting previous Indian captain in the bartering and had kept 1.3 million for him. Consequently, CSK needed to reassess the entire group structure.

“So I increased my amount to 1.4 million and still tried to buy the team because, with a total of 5 million for the entire team, 1.4 million would have gone for Dhoni himself,” he continued.

"In any case, with the sale drawing closer, somebody said that Dhoni would go for 1.8 million. So I revealed to him that if Dhoni would go for anything past 1.5 million, I'd released him since I couldn't give up a group, as then there would have been Dhoni and no one else. Mr Srinivasan was disturbed that we couldn't get Dhoni in light of the fact that some place he trusted that Dhoni was the future and I had persuaded him that he would have been the future youth symbol," Chandrasekhar additionally said.

Be that as it may, as the portrayal goes, Dhoni went to the Chennai establishment for 1.5 million of every 2008 sale and the rest is history. In the wake of accepting the charge of CSK, Dhoni has been a standout amongst the best commanders in IPL driving the side to two titles. Amid CSK's suspension from the competition, Dhoni spoke to Rising Pune Supergiant for a long time.