India, March 23 -- MS Dhoni has been asked about retirement so often in recent times that it has become part of the Chennai Super Kings ritual. Every season seems to carry the same curiosity, the same nervous laughter, and the same unwillingness among fans to imagine CSK without him. At the franchise's ROAR'26 event in Chennai, that familiar subject returned once again, but this time in a setting that made it feel lighter, warmer and unmistakably emotional.

Actor Sivakarthikeyan, speaking in front of a packed yellow crowd, gave voice to what countless CSK supporters have been thinking for years. Referring to the way Dhoni has kept hope alive around his future, he said fans expect the answer to the retirement question to be 'Definitely No...