BCCI has reportedly offered MS Dhoni an all-format mentorship role

[tapandrun]

So does that mean Dhoni is not an active player right now, and he wont be playing for CSK next season ????

[IndianRenegade]

PR move than anything. Cricket has moved on from Dhoni style.

[Ultimate_Game]

What chewtiyapa is this?! What the phuck is a mentor? You have a coach and that's what you need. All you're doing is adding to confusion and undermining the coach.

 

If you're not happy with Gambhir, remove him and replace him with Dhoni or someone else. But there cannot be a place for both a coach and mentor. Let the coach bring his own staff - batting coach, bowling coach, fielding coach, mentor etc. But it should be the coach and not someone else calling the shots. Once BCCI select a coach, they need to be hands off.

[saneindian]

Reported by some random website. Likely a PR plant as @IndianRenegade says above.

 

Dhoni PR has to get such things in news to sustain interest in him till next IPL. Has been a similar pattern since his international retirement. 

[sage]

Mainstream news are reporting this story now 

 

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/ms-dhoni-as-team-india-mentor-ex-cricketer-takes-a-dig-says-woh-phone-uthaye-hain-na/amp_articleshow/123614468.cms8.cms

 

 

Edited August 31, 2025 by sage

[kepler37b]

11 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

What chewtiyapa is this?! What the phuck is a mentor? You have a coach and that's what you need. All you're doing is adding to confusion and undermining the coach.

 

If you're not happy with Gambhir, remove him and replace him with Dhoni or someone else. But there cannot be a place for both a coach and mentor. Let the coach bring his own staff - batting coach, bowling coach, fielding coach, mentor etc. But it should be the coach and not someone else calling the shots. Once BCCI select a coach, they need to be hands off.

It is just one more position to exercise power politics. 

[singhvivek141]

11 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

What chewtiyapa is this?! What the phuck is a mentor? You have a coach and that's what you need. All you're doing is adding to confusion and undermining the coach.

 

If you're not happy with Gambhir, remove him and replace him with Dhoni or someone else. But there cannot be a place for both a coach and mentor. Let the coach bring his own staff - batting coach, bowling coach, fielding coach, mentor etc. But it should be the coach and not someone else calling the shots. Once BCCI select a coach, they need to be hands off.

Come on boys, come on !!

Theek se bowling kar !!

Wo fielder ko udhar taali bajane ko nahi rakkha!!

Wo fielder baahar le sakte hai, baaki tu dekh le fir!!

 

[Sean Bradley]

MS Dhoni mentoring would result in killing our fast bowlers and home and away test drubbings. 

[Nikhil_cric]

Wasn't he the mentor when we got smashed in the 2021 World T20?

[jf1gp_1]

48 minutes ago, Nikhil_cric said:

Wasn't he the mentor when we got smashed in the 2021 World T20?

Was thinking the same. Why try again specially when GG won us the last ct event.

[LordPrabhzy]

On 8/31/2025 at 2:14 AM, Laaloo said:

Gambhir was brought in to kick out Rohit and Kohli

Now Dhoni being brought in to kick out Gambhir?

 

I guess next year we will bring in Yograj Singh to kick out Dhoni

we need to call Yamraj maharaj to kick out Yograj

[Manucrick]

Team doesn't need him 

[Ultimate_Game]

7 hours ago, kepler37b said:

It is just one more position to exercise power politics. 

 

Yup, that's what I figured. They're trying to bring in Dhoni to undermine Gambhir, reign him in and reduce his authority. But in that case, as I mentioned in my earlier post, why not simply replace Gambhir as coach. Either you have confidence in the coach or you don't. No point in doing these shenanigans which'll adversely impact the team.

 

Can you imagine if the team divides into two camps - one Gambhir and one Dhoni? Mentor makes sense if you replace coach's position by that role. Else it's idiotic and non-sensical.

[kepler37b]

3 hours ago, Ultimate_Game said:

 

Yup, that's what I figured. They're trying to bring in Dhoni to undermine Gambhir, reign him in and reduce his authority. But in that case, as I mentioned in my earlier post, why not simply replace Gambhir as coach. Either you have confidence in the coach or you don't. No point in doing these shenanigans which'll adversely impact the team.

 

Can you imagine if the team divides into two camps - one Gambhir and one Dhoni? Mentor makes sense if you replace coach's position by that role. Else it's idiotic and non-sensical.

 

Standard passive-aggressive Indian manager behavior. 

 

They are simply scared of "What if we remove gambhir and it does not work?". Hence  they choose the mid-way. By appointing Dhoni. 

[Lord]

Maybe wants GG to set his hookah

 

 

[diga]

VVS Laxman might become mentor for an IPL team while Dravid may be back at NCA ... not much in news 

[Gollum]

On 8/31/2025 at 5:19 PM, Norman said:

 

That was hilarious... Dude probably wanted to hog all the limelight again (fresh after winning the IPL) by taking credit for the Indian team's performance as well but fate and Dewbai had other ideas. He didn't even come on camera once for the games against Pak and NZ. And then proceeded to silently depart back to his Ranchi farmhouse as if it never happened.

 

 

Was a PR disaster for Dhongi..

We should dominate next few T20 WCs, maybe he wants to steal more glory. All his life, he has been piggybacking on others to make his brand. 

Edited September 2, 2025 by Gollum

[ShoonyaSifar]

2021 was a clear case of conflict of interest, largely Ganguly's decision to get Kohli and Rohit to work as a team in the T20 WC (Kohli  quit T20 captaincy in Aug 2021 and week later Shastri resigned as well, two months before the T20 WC and one month before 2021 IPL in Dubai, Dhoni was named as mentor in September 2021 along with squad announcement). That it ended in a disaster was a foregone conclusion.

 

In any case, a player still active in IPL cannot and should not be part of the India's coaching setup. If Dhoni has desires to become a mentor/ coach/ friend ,philosopher, guide of Indian team, let him retire from IPL, serve the required cooling off period and then throw his hat in contention.

[Lone Wolf]

Another dynast Nepo kid @Gollum

 

[New guy]

2 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

2021 was a clear case of conflict of interest, largely Ganguly's decision to get Kohli and Rohit to work as a team in the T20 WC (Kohli  quit T20 captaincy in Aug 2021 and week later Shastri resigned as well, two months before the T20 WC and one month before 2021 IPL in Dubai, Dhoni was named as mentor in September 2021 along with squad announcement). That it ended in a disaster was a foregone conclusion.

 

In any case, a player still active in IPL cannot and should not be part of the India's coaching setup. If Dhoni has desires to become a mentor/ coach/ friend ,philosopher, guide of Indian team, let him retire from IPL, serve the required cooling off period and then throw his hat in contention.

Arent you excited to see a long list of CSK players making it to the Indian team?