The Indian Premier League (IPL) is awaiting the return of legendary cricketer MS Dhoni in the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) colors. Dhoni, who is gearing up to return to competitive cricket, has kept everyone on a tenterhook situation after making a rare appearance on social media on Monday to hint at a new role in the franchise for IPL 2024.

The last time, the former Indian captain donned the yellow jersey, CSK won the IPL title for a record-equaling fifth time. While many predicted that Dhoni might retire after the IPL 2023, he declared after lifting the trophy that he will continue to play for the love and support he has received from the fans.

Dhoni is anticipated to play his final season this year. Recently, videos of Dhoni training at the nets went viral. While everyone expected Dhoni to return as captain, MSD’s post will surely feed conjecture over his future with CSK. On Monday, Dhoni had an interesting update on his Facebook account. “Can’t wait for the new season and the new role”. Stay tuned! he wrote.

It is unclear whether the new season mentioned is the IPL 2024 edition. Anyways, with Dhoni saying he will have a ‘new role’, the post went viral in minutes. The post started speculation on whether fans will witness the legendary captain as a player or mentor. Dhoni has not yet arrived at the CSK training camp in Chennai where Deepak Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, and others have already started training. Defending champions CSK will begin their IPL 2024 campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on March 22.