Cricket / Graeme Smith On MS Dhoni say he would add a lot of value to our SA20 league

Graeme Smith On MS Dhoni: Former India captain MS Dhoni (MS Dhoni) has started preparing for IPL 2023. Many of his videos are going viral on social media, in which he is seen practicing. Amidst all this, MS Dhoni has got an offer to play in another T20 league. Former South African captain Graeme Smith has given a big statement regarding MS Dhoni, which is garnering a lot of headlines.

Graeme Smith offered to play in this league

Former South African captain Graeme Smith has a heartfelt desire for the charismatic Mahendra Singh Dhoni to play in the South Africa T20 League (SA20) after the Indian Premier League (IPL). Smith, South Africa's most successful captain, is the SA20 commissioner. All six teams of this tournament are owned by IPL franchises. Dhoni retired from international cricket in 2020, but he is playing in IPL after this. Due to playing in IPL, he is not yet eligible to play in foreign league. No Indian is participating in the first tournament of SA20. Let us tell you that the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) does not allow its active players to play in foreign leagues.

Praise for MS Dhoni

Graeme Smith said in a conversation with media persons, 'It would be great to have players like Dhoni playing in the league. We respect the decision of BCCI. We have a good working relationship with them and we talk to them regularly and learn from them. He has immense experience in organizing such big competitions. As far as we are concerned, we will try to connect them (retired Indian players) with the league. We want to create a competitive cricket league. It will be very important for a player like Dhoni to join our league. If I get a chance, I will talk to him.

SA20 league is like IPL

The jerseys and logos of the teams of the South African league are similar to the IPL and in such a situation this tournament seems to be another form of IPL. The BCCI has expressed concern over the way the teams are promoting themselves in South Africa, but Smith said that the Indian board has not said anything like this to him. He said, 'We have close relations with BCCI and so far no such thing has been raised.'