{"id":172604,"date":"2026-05-26T05:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172604"},"modified":"2026-05-26T05:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T11:05:10","slug":"sanjay-manjrekar-on-csks-transition-and-dhoni-future-time-to-shake-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172604","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Manjrekar on CSK\u2019s transition and Dhoni future: \u2018Time to shake things up\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71024060\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">Former India batter and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar believes Chennai Super Kings has reached a point where sentiment and stability can no longer outweigh the need for change. Speaking on        <i>Sportstar\u2019s Insight Edge<\/i> podcast, Manjrekar said the franchise\u2019s greatest strength over the years, continuity, may now be holding it back.<\/p>\n<p>CSK ended the 2026 season with six wins and eight defeats from 14 matches. Although it revived its campaign midway through the tournament by winning six of eight games, the five-time champion finished with three successive losses, underlining concerns over a squad that has struggled to evolve quickly enough in recent seasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s CSK\u2019s culture,\u201d Manjrekar said, referring to the franchise\u2019s long-standing faith in its core group. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the reasons why they\u2019ve been such a successful IPL team. They hardly changed their playing XI, the coach has been the same. But with everything, what was their strength, they\u2019ve just gone overboard with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch the full episode here:<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x0pK_jSkMnc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Manjrekar argued that much of CSK\u2019s past success revolved around MS Dhoni, whose influence as captain and player masked several structural issues. Dhoni remained part of the squad this season but did not play a single game because of injury concerns, further fuelling questions around the franchise\u2019s transition and future planning. \u201cOnce he started fading away as captain and player, their performances have not been the same,\u201d Manjrekar said.<\/p>\n<p>While he acknowledged the successful partnership between Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming, Manjrekar questioned whether continuity alone could revive the side. \u201cIt\u2019s time that we did this. One of the things you\u2019ve got to do is just change things around,\u201d he said, adding that CSK\u2019s decline has not been a one-season anomaly.<\/p>\n<p>Manjrekar also felt the franchise needed to move emotionally beyond Dhoni. \u201cIn IPL cricket, you\u2019ve got to move on very quickly. People who hold on to past memories and past glories are struggling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on May 26, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/ipl\/csk-future-sanjay-manjrekar-ms-dhoni-stephen-fleming-ipl-2026\/article71024060.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former India batter and commentator Sanjay Manjrekar believes Chennai Super Kings has reached a point where sentiment and stability can no longer outweigh the need for change. Speaking on Sportstar\u2019s Insight Edge podcast, Manjrekar said the franchise\u2019s greatest strength over the years, continuity, may now be holding it back. CSK ended the 2026 season with &#8230; <a title=\"Sanjay Manjrekar on CSK\u2019s transition and Dhoni future: \u2018Time to shake things up\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172604\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sanjay Manjrekar on CSK\u2019s transition and Dhoni future: \u2018Time to shake things up\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/PTI05_19_2026_000016B.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":172926,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=172926","url_meta":{"origin":172604,"position":0},"title":"Gujarat Titans\u2019 continued success is a \u2018remarkable story\u2019: Sanjay Manjrekar\u00a0","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"May 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Former India international Sanjay Manjrekar has described Gujarat Titans\u2019 continued success in the IPL as a \u2018remarkable story\u2019. 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