India, May 1 -- The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has officially gone on for more than a month, but there's still no clarity on when MS Dhoni will return to the field for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). At first, the wicketkeeper-batter was slated to miss the first two weeks of the tournament, but the wait to see Thala back in the playing XI continues to get longer. On the eve of the CSK games, the 44-year-old has been training with the rest of the squad, but on match day, the former India captain has chosen not to travel with the team to the stadium.

On Friday, ahead of the match against the Mumbai Indians at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, CSK batting coach Michael Hussey revealed that Dhoni doesn't want to distract the...