IPL 2023: Winning 1 title is hard, 5 is unbelievable, says Gautam Gambhir praising CSK

By India Today Sports Desk: Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir congratulated Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for worthwhile the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 after beating the Gujarat Titans (GT) by wickets (DLS) inside the final on Monday, May 29 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Gambhir, who captained Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to 2 titles in 2012 and 2014, reckoned that worthwhile the IPL as many as 5 events is an “unbelievable” achievement.

Gambhir took to Twitter and wrote, “Congratulations CSK! Winning 1 title is difficult, winning 5 is unbelievable!”

Congratulations CSK! Winning 1 title is hard, worthwhile 5 is unbelievable! #IPL2023
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 30, 2023

Gambhir was the mentor of the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), who didn’t progress previous the Eliminator of the IPL. Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated them inside the Eliminator on the Chepauk after Akash Madhwal grew to change into the first bowler to pick up a five-wicket haul in IPL playoffs.

Before the start of IPL 2023, talks of Dhoni’s retirement did the rounds. However, the 41-year-old said that he would love to return again once more and play one different season of the IPL.

“If you circumstantially see, it’s the best time to announce the retirement. The easy thing for me to say is thank you and retire. But the hard thing to do is to work hard for nine months and try to play one more IPL season. The body has to hold up. But the amount of love I have received from CSK fans, it would be a gift for them to play one more season,” Dhoni said.

After Ravindra Jadeja hit the worthwhile boundary off Mohit Sharma, Dhoni lifted his CSK teammate in pleasure. Later, Jadeja moreover devoted the victory to Dhoni, after which he shared footage alongside together with his skipper. After being requested to chase down a revised aim of 171 in 15 overs, the Men in Yellow acquired residence off the ultimate ball. Earlier, Devon Conway and Ruturaj took the Super Kings off to a flying start of their run-chase.