NEW DELHI: Fear and pressure are two very important things to have as without them an individual can never be courageous, feels legendary MS Dhoni.
Stressing on the importance of having fear and pressure, Dhoni highlighted it helps you make right decisions.
In a recent video post by Chennai Super Kings, Dhoni said that the two are important for development of an individual and without them decisions are made in a reckless manner.
"Fear is very important. You need to have that fear because unless, if I don't have fear, I can never be brave. I can never be courageous, you know. So I always felt that fear is important, that the pressure is important because that helps me take the right decision, keeping everything in mind. If I have fear, you know, a lot of people talk about I'm fearless.
"If you are fearless, then you will be reckless. Because if I don't have fear, I won't respect the normal thing. If I don't have fear of height let's say nothing. So, it hardly matters when I am walking on the road, when I am walking on the rope, you know. So I felt all these things are important for the development of an individual," Dhoni said.
Dhoni, who led CSK to a record five Indian Premier League titles, stepped down as the skipper before the start of the ongoing season, handing the responsibilities to
Ruturaj Gaikwad
, who led the team to a fifth place finish.
Speculations have been rife that this could be Dhoni's final season in the tournament but
CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan
said that it was completely up to the former India captain to take a final call on his future. Viswanathan also said he is 'very, very hopeful' of Dhoni featuring in
IPL 2025
as a player.
"I do not know. It is a question which only MS can answer. The question for us, we have always respected the decisions taken by MS. We have left it to him," he said to a question on CSK's YouTube channel.
"As all of you know, he has always taken his decisions and announced them at the appropriate time. We do expect that we will get a decision as and when he decides.
"But we are very, very hopeful that he will be available for CSK the next year. That is the view and expectations of the fans and mine."
Dhoni, who underwent surgery to treat a knee injury issue last year, scored 161 runs in 73 balls at a strike rate of 220.55 this season. He was also good behind the stumps.
A mega IPL auction has been scheduled later in the year and if Dhoni continues, CSK will undoubtedly be retaining him.
However, the number of players allowed to be retained still needs clarity.
Viswanathan said that discussions are yet to take place on the same with the BCCI.
"It is too early because we have still not heard from BCCI on the kind of retentions which are going to be part of the next cycle of auction.
"So we are expecting that the BCCI would discuss with all franchise owners before they take a decision on retention."
(With inputs from PTI)
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