The ongoing SA20 2023 is producing fairly a number of nail-biters, and followers are completely having fun with the one-of-its-kind inaugural home T20 match of South Africa. Apart from the Proteas cricketers, many world stars are half of the six franchises owned by the Indian Premier League (IPL) crew homeowners.
Since the reference to IPL franchises in the SA20, many followers questioned if the T20 competitors may rope in the likes of MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and another retired Indian internationals. Regarding the identical, the SA20 league’s commissioner, Graeme Smith, was requested about the possibility of signing Dhoni.
Smith responded to the query and talked about that he respects the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and its laws. However, if there is a chance to get somebody like Dhoni in, the former South African captain wouldn’t hesitate in any respect.
Notably, in line with BCCI guidelines, no participant can function in a T20 league outdoors of India if he hasn’t dissociated from Indian cricket utterly. Though Dhoni has already retired from worldwide cricket, he nonetheless performs in the IPL and captains Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Therefore, enjoying for one other T20 league overseas isn’t a possibility for Dhoni at the second.
“Listen, it’ll be amazing to have a player like MSD. Yeah, I mean, we, as I said, we always work with and respect the BCCI’s decisions. And I think that the fact that we’ve created a really good working relationship with them, we’ve been able to talk to them and learn and bounce off things from many different factors. I mean, they’re hugely experienced in, you know, certainly, you know, doing these type of events like, you know, from an IPL, World Cup perspective. And I think it’s a very important relationship to have for SA20. Yeah, look, I think, you know, from our perspective, you know, we looked at it, and there were one or two opportunities,” stated Smith in a media interplay.
“I think one thing that we really wanted to build was a vibrant, young, up-and-coming, really competitive cricket League, you know. So someone like an MSD would certainly add a lot of value to our league, you know, he’s been able to perform and maintain performance for a very long time and extremely professional, bring a level to the league that we would be proud to have. So, you know, if there was ever an opportunity, certainly would be reaching out to me,” added Smith.