Chennai, March 19 -- Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2024, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming spoke about skipper MS Dhoni's strong role in pre-season activities, saying that he goes in early to the pre-season camp and young Indian players spend time with him.

The former left-hand batter asserted that the Chennai Super Kings' pre-season has extended over the last few years.

"Given the age of some of the players and amount of cricket they're playing, our pre-season has extended over the last few years. So MS takes a very strong role there and he needs some volume, so he goes in early and the players just gravitate towards that," said Fleming as quoted by the CSK website.

The 50-year-old further stated that there are...