I thought my career was over: Deepak Chahar opens up on past incident when MS Dhoni reprimanded him

Chennai Super Kings will go for their 5th Indian Premier League crown when they take on Gujarat Titans in the final on Sunday and skipper MS Dhoni will be relying on pacer Deepak Chahar to provide a breakthrough during powerplay.
But it was not always smooth sailing for Chahar in the CSK shirt as he recalled an incident when he was reprimanded the Chennai skipper for bowling a beamer during a match early in his IPL career.
“Sarfaraz (Khan) was batting. Actually I was bowling in the death over for the very first time. They never made me bowl in the death because it was not needed. There were bowlers like Shardul and Bravo to bowl the death overs. Now Bravo got injured. It was a critical match. They needed 42 from 3 overs. I bowled a slower and twed my ankle. And the ball was full toss and went out. I thought it must have got stuck and I should bowl again. I bowled again and it was the same ball. I was thinking I bowled 2 beamers and he (Dhoni) won’t let me bowl. My career as a death over bowler was over,” Chahar said in a recent episode of Breakfast with Champions.

“He (Dhoni came to me and said ‘you act smart as if you know everything. Why are you bowling in this manner?’ I was thinking that my career was over. Then I gave 5 runs off the next 5 balls and after the match he hugged me,” the pacer added.
He also recalled how in the 2018 auction Chennai had picked him with Dhoni backing him to play all 14 matches even though coach Stephen Fleming was reluctant.
“They picked me in the team in 2018. During the discussion for the first match, Fleming wanted me to play after a few matches and wanted to include a senior player instead. Then Mahi bhai told him, “He has to play all the 14 matches no matter what. Talk to me about the rest”,” the pacer said.