“He all the time talks about Dhoni”

Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali’s father, Munir Ali, credited legendary captain MS Dhoni for his son’s progress as a cricketer. Moeen performed below Dhoni for many of the 2021 to 2023 IPL seasons with the Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK).

The franchise gained the title in 2021 and 2023, with Dhoni main the facet and the England all-rounder enjoying an enormous position. In these two seasons, Moeen mixed for 481 runs and 15 wickets in 30 outings.

In a latest interview, by way of the New Indian Specific, Munir Ali opened up on his son’s IPL stint, saying:

“Taking part in IPL was an ideal transfer for Moeen. First he performed for RCB and acquired an opportunity to spend time with Virat (Kohli). Then he moved to CSK and learnt loads from Dhoni – the calmness, captaincy abilities. I might say enjoying at No 3 and getting a possibility with the ball helped him thrive at CSK. He all the time talks about Dhoni how a lot he learnt from him.”

He added:

“He loved enjoying for CSK. He beloved his keep in Chennai as everybody loves CSK gamers there. We nonetheless get messages for him on social media from followers, which make us actually joyful and proud.”

Moeen began his IPL profession with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in 2018. After three seasons with the franchise, he moved to CSK for the subsequent 4 years till 2024.

The 38-year-old moved to the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) forward of IPL 2025 and performed six matches for them on this yr’s version.

“He discovered that Dhoni was all the time calm it doesn’t matter what the scenario was” – Munir Ali

Munir Ali credited MS Dhoni for serving to his son develop recreation consciousness and a way of calmness always in a match. The England all-rounder scored over 800 runs and picked up 25 wickets in his 4 seasons with CSK from 2021 to 2024.

“As a captain he discovered that Dhoni was all the time calm it doesn’t matter what the scenario was. When he got here again, he captained Birmingham Phoenix to the ultimate. The commentators all the time talked about Moeen’s calmness in tough conditions,” mentioned Munir Ali (by way of the aforementioned supply).

He concluded:

“That’s one vital factor he picked up from the previous India captain. If a captain is calm and relaxed then the staff is calm and relaxed and that was a life lesson for Moeen. One other factor he learnt from Dhoni was assessing the sport and going accordingly.”

Dhoni stays the IPL’s most profitable captain with 136 wins in 235 video games, together with 5 titles as CSK skipper. He relinquished CSK captaincy to Ruturaj Gaikwad forward of the 2024 season.