Sameer Rizvi Advised MS Dhoni to Pray Namaz: A claim is becoming increasingly viral about the young Uttar Pradesh batsman Sameer Rizvi, who made his debut for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL, that he advised former CSK captain MS Dhoni to offer Namaz, after which he was thrown out of Chennai in the very next season. So let us know what is the real reality of this claim.
Many posts appeared on X. One post read, “Meet Sameer Rizvi. He is a cricketer from Uttar Pradesh. Plays for Kanpur Superstars in the UP T20 League. Chennai took him to the IPL. Last season, Dhoni was troubled by a knee injury. Sameer told Dhoni that he should offer Namaz to recover quickly from the knee injury.” It was further written, “Dhoni dropped him from the team for the next match and the entire season. He also dropped him from CSK.”
Similarly, some other posts also came in which it was claimed that Sameer advised Mahi to offer Namaz.
>Sameer Rizvi told Dhoni to read Namaz to heal his knee pain quickly
>MS Dhoni benched Rizvi for the rest of the season and Kicked this J*hadi out of the team
Absolute chad behavior from Thala ЁЯЧ┐ЁЯЪй pic.twitter.com/GJWz91zf4N
тАФ Courageous (@CourageousRo) May 2, 2026
Meet Sameer Rizvi
He is a cricketer from Uttar Pradesh. Played for Kanpur Superstars in UPLT20
He was picked by CSK in IPL
Last season Dhoni was going through knee injury
He told Dhoni to read Namaz to heal his knee quickly. He told him to read certain Kalma while offeringтАж pic.twitter.com/4lKTvJIsI9
тАФ Hindutva Knight (@HPhobiaWatch) May 1, 2026
ЁЯЪи Sameer Rizvi told MS Dhoni to offer namaz ЁЯЪи
When Sameer Rizvi was in the CSK team, and MS Dhoni was suffering from knee pain, Rizvi suggested that Dhoni should offer namaz and his knee problem would get better. After hearing this, Dhoni got angry and Sameer Rizvi was removedтАж pic.twitter.com/tsH8dGOLvg
тАФ Mufanlal Wohra (@ramgaming242) May 1, 2026
What is the reality of the claim?
At present this claim is making rounds only on social media. There has been no official statement of any kind regarding this. Chennai Super Kings, MS Dhoni and Sameer Rizvi have not yet issued any statement on this. Until any statement comes, this claim will be considered completely false.
Chennai had spent a huge amount on Sameer
Let us tell you that in the auction held for IPL 2024, Chennai had bought Sameer Rizvi for a price of Rs 8.40 crore. However, Sameer could not perform as per expectations, due to which the team released him after just one season. Sameer had scored only 51 runs in 5 innings of 8 matches for Chennai in the season.
Then in the mega auction held for the 2025 season, Delhi Capitals bought Sameer for a price of Rs 95 lakh. Even in the current season i.e. 2026, he is a part of Delhi and is seen batting brilliantly.
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