Chennai's 'retirement home' show old is gold in IPL


  • Cricket
  • Wednesday, 23 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: Cricket - Sri Lanka v India - Fourth One Day International Match - Colombo, Sri Lanka - August 31, 2017 - MS Dhoni of India plays a shot. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Twenty20 cricket is perceived primarily as a stage on which young players perform best but the war horses at Chennai Super Kings have turned that notion on its head by marching into the Indian Premier League (IPL) final for a record seventh time.

When the franchise completed their recruitment drive at January's IPL player auction, some cheeky fans likened the Chennai dugout to a "retirement home".

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