MUMBAI: After releasing a TVC with Mumbai Indians’ captain Rohit Sharma, Star Sports and BCCI have released another TVC featuring MS Dhoni for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.
The fan banter which inspired the #KhelBolega campaign was launched by Star Sports in tandem with the BCCI recently. With two World Cups and three IPL titles in his storied career, MS Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the best captains in the history of the sport. But many have been wondering if “The Thala” can still lead from the front, especially since he has been out of action since the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
In a new TVC launched by Star Sports and the BCCI, the Chennai Super Kings captain, MS Dhoni shuts down his detractors with poise. The film takes place in an aircraft where a couple are laughing at a meme on Thala Dhoni, only to see him noticing them, completely undeterred from the next seat. Dhoni calmly puts on his headphones, but not before cheekily commenting about the noise around him.
While Thala still commands the love and affection of the “Yellove Army”, fans of other VIVO IPL teams have been doubting Dhoni, given his absence from the field, and his aging CSK squad on social media. Captain Cool’s response will certainly boost CSK fans’ hopes of a fourth VIVO IPL title. Till then, let the fan banter continue, as starting March 29th – the Game will do the talking – #KhelBolega.
The 13th edition of the Vivo IPL, starts on 29 March with Mumbai Indians playing Chennai Super Kings and will be broadcast in multiple languages such as Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali apart from English and #SelectDugout.
