{"id":5859,"date":"2023-03-22T15:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=291034"},"modified":"2023-03-22T15:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:17:37","slug":"fans-get-emotional-as-thala-sits-at-the-indian-dugout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/fans-get-emotional-as-thala-sits-at-the-indian-dugout\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans get emotional as \u201cThala\u201d sits at the Indian dugout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chennai has been painted yellow, from the local trains to the gully walls, as \u201cThala\u201d returns to the field for the Indian Premier League 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd and vibe around the Chepauk Stadium are all in the \u201cMahi way,\u201d but the stadium still has one job left before the start of the TATA IPL, which is the 3rd ODI between India and Australia.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yellove on leave today! \ud83e\udd2a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Whistle4Blue?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Whistle4Blue<\/a> \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/INDvAUS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#INDvAUS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChennaiIPL\/status\/1638405439145783296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CSK officials shared an emotional photo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni smiling as he sits in the Indian dugout ahead of the start of the third ODI.<\/p>\n<p>The fans on the other hand experienced an awestruck moment when they witnessed one of the finest former skipper of team India sitting at a \u201cthrone\u201d which suits him forever.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"tl\" dir=\"ltr\">Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon\u2026<br \/>\ud83e\udd7a\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fjL69MaBkE\">pic.twitter.com\/fjL69MaBkE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChennaiIPL\/status\/1638191452227538944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The emotions flowed through when the caption read \u201cMain pal do pal ka shayar hoon\u201d which surely every Dhoni fan will remember of how placidly the veteran wicket-keeper retired with a video, thanking everyone and informing his fans \u2013 \u201cFrom 1929 hours (7:29 pm) consider me retired\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Chepauk Stadium, the Indian dugout witnesses an emotional moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":28793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[69,3221],"class_list":["post-5859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-ms-dhoni","tag-tata-ipl"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}