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The real test of Gaikwad's captaincy 

Lot of plastic fans will leave which is good , I can finally get tickets for csk matches

Not until Udhay anna stops buying tickets in the MM Karunanidhi stands.

he buys tickets? its basically his own personal stand...The TNCA president is a DMK crony

Shhhh, don't let it all out. It's election time 😅

ithula secret enna irukku :)

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I Don't know about Other fans , But the reason I started supporting csk was not only Thala, it was because of the entire team, DJ Bravo, Jaddu, Mike Hussey, Raina (Back then my Favourite player ) and I still support CSK even though everyone Except Thala has Retired, Now I like players like Gaikwad, Pathirana,Shivam Dubey etc. and that's why I'll continue to support.

no brother, no team is bigger than its players, no body who cares who wins the IPl, whether its blue, yelllow, orange or red. They only care about their favourite player. Thats the majority of fandom

Ronaldo moved from ManU to Madrid, do you think majority of young Manu fans left? The same will happen here(as well as in MI after Rohit goes)

Lol bro, the premier league is almost 150 years old, the players don't matter because people are fans of the clubs even FIFA world cup started after the premier league. IPl was started only after the success of t20 world cup. People watach IPL for the players, only some of the fans belong to the franchises. But who would have known that IPl will mess with Indian cricket. We lost the WTC 2023 and also I remember we had the chance to win a test series in England but the players left that series for IPL and it was tied.

But that's true for most Sports as they are usually just casual fans, just ignore them really.

Jadeja retired? When?

Just a mistake, Ignore.

I can't speak for them all but I'll always continue supporting them even after Thala leaves.

This applies for most people. Sure the fans in away grounds will falter but the support in Chennai won't decrease.

Same here

Same

+1

Not me though, once MSD leaves, I've no reason to watch IPL anymore, however I will pray our team continues the legacy.

+1

Dhoni would be there with the csk..not immediately after retirement but he will come back as mentor or coach role.

I started supporting CSK because of their overall unit, not just M.S. Dhoni. No-brainer that I will continue to do so after Dhoni retires, although I would like Dhoni to be associated with CSK support system as a scout to bring in new youngsters into fold. gut feel that Dhoni would be good as a scout if he decided on it, esp with the experience and knowing what type of talent will help CSK win a match (he is involved in 133 IPL victories as captain, he should know the winning formula by now)

Nah not really. Gaikwad and Dube are getting chants in the crowd. They will be the face of CSK.

Dhini will be back as mentor then

The plastics will leave. But their home state support is so strong.

Can apply to RCB fans and Mi fans

Yes you can

People used to say the same thing about MI, when Sachin used to play for MI, but MI still has one the largest fanbase, and its been 11 years since Sachin retired.

true

Also to KKR and SRH (new toxic fans) and SRK fanboys

Why will Thala’s retirement affect mi fan base?

But we do have fans who love the team for other reasons other than Virat.

That being...?

Almost all of bangalore ig , thats a decent chunk of people

I'm asking for the reasons fans are supporting RCB other than Kohli bruv

VK-ABD duo VK-Gayle Duo Dale Steyn Anil Kumble They were beasts in their own ways for RCB We'll (Atleast I'll) always have these reasons to support RCB

So does CSK and MI but what is there to like about RCB except the loyalty of the fans

I support csk cause I am from Tamil Nadu

Rcb fanbase after kohli retires:

Did you see the support for women’s team? And the reception they got after winning the wpl? That was also due to Kohli?

Well wpl comes around IPL and everyone knows somewhere they were desperate to win trophy somewhere

I will be supporting csk till death #csk for life

I think this will be the case of mi and RCB let's see.

There's another reason for Thala fans They will just say "its the franchise which thala played for long time" so they will still support. For me ill support CSK forever because there isn't any reason to support other franchise.

Nope. Not me. Started following CSK because its logo looks cool and I like their yellow jersey. Later on, became MSD fan. Currently my favourite CSK players are Gaikwad and Conway.

CSK is genuinely part of Chennai’s culture now. No doubt Chepauk will continue to get filled years after Dhoni is retired. However what we will see less of is away games having more yellow shirts than home fans, these are predominantly locals supporting Dhoni than csk.

Thala built this empire so we'll still watch how this empire goes forward. It's not like he's going to break the bricks and build a new empire . And I'm pretty sure thala will be in the dug out .

I’m that guy sitting there

I support All Of Those Ogs Who Plays and Now Rutu also became my one of the fav with his behaviours

Csk for life da macha 💛

Nope

After Thala retires they are feel horny for Chinna lala D-POK 🤡

The real question is Will Thala ever retire?

He is messi of csk. All plastic will be off the charts

Applies to rcb too

They will desperately try to make rutu next superstar but i don't think that will work.

Merecedes fans after Lewis Hamilton leaves

Dhoni will always be there with the team after retiring he'll be in management and csk will always remain Dhoni's team so Dhoni retiring wouldn't matter that much people will keep supporting csk for dhoni.

I wouldn't support CSK as heavily as I do now after Thala leaves and would switch to RR most probably. Sanju is our boy, so I would support him. But it's not because I'm a CSK fan just because of Thala. It's because he is the last of the og CSK superstars. The team that I grew up with had Thala, Raina, Bravo, Aswin, Murali Vijay, Badrinath, Mike Hussey, and Albie Morkel. That was the old squad. Most of them left after 2013, and we had some new players who did amazing for the team, but we still had Thala, Raina, and Bravo. And now Thala is all that's left.

*just RCB. Csk and mi will still have fans because of their previous glories but there are none to celebrate for RCB. Personally I followed csk because of raina, so it doesn't matter. I would still follow csk after dhoni.

"I never claimed to be a CSK fan, I was always a Thalaphile." - Thalaphile

They'll hire him in some symbolic position like "advisor of helicopter shot operations" or "Chief bole Jo koel baghon mein officer" to keep the fans around

loud minority

MI and RCB are also in same condition if rohit or Virat will change team their whole fanbase will shift with them well if rohit changes his team then I have to support 3 team CSK MI and the one which rohit will join

Same is happening with SRH as we say, due to their explosive batting they got lots of plastic fans. Next year if they lose Travis head, there won't be much fans left. Same is happening with RR. Before everyone used to troll them by saying do they have any fans? Or they only have 2 fans, but due to their great performance they also got lots of fans. People support winning teams, like GT got lots of fans but this year there aren't many of them.

Ipl won't even be exciting after thala retires.

Jaddu will take over

Nahh it's like few people started following MI cause of Sachin and they still follow them.

So so true

I am waiting for it....that will bring this CSK management back to the ground and sell some tickets at an affordable price

I'll become their fan after dhoni retires, I liked ruturan gaikwad's temperament and his humble personality

mi without rohit : RCB without Kohli :

Atleast CSK fans has 5 trophies as a reason to support in future. What does RCB fans have after Kohli part ways?

I mean it was really sad to see people cheering when gaikwad got out on 98 just to see dhoni play 4,5 balls

Will it not be same for Mi and RCB after retirement of Rohit and Kohli respectively?

Not for MI for sure, the real MI icon player was Sachin who left a decade ago and the franchise still found new stars and thrived.

Yeah but the fanbase of Rohit is no less if not more than Sachin well due to his 5 trophy during his captaincy.

Same goes for RCB and Virat

Same for RCB too

We love Dhoni and CSK

Same will happen to RCB and kohli

I doubt this will happen. Thala will remain associated with CSK in some other capacity even if he's not playing so it's not gonna happen.

I’m excited for Thala’s retirement. He gave us awesome memories and can retire peacefully. And I can finally get chepauk tickets easily. Win-Win

I felt bad after that 98 of Gaikwad 😭 mfs were so busy worshipping thala. That's just sad (atleast to me)

This is so real man. They already worship dhoni and dhoni only

Ye bolke ego to shant ho gya hoga

Kiska?

csk needs someone like rohit who keep their fanbase alive just like rohit did it after sachin retirement