“Monk then, Monk now!”: MS Dhoni’s avatar sparks meme fest online

Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has left fans stunned with his new ‘monk’ avatar.

On Saturday, the official broadcasters of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Star Sports posted a picture of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain on Twitter, sporting a clean-shaven head in a Monk-like avatar.

😮😮😮 – our faces since we saw #MSDhoni's new avatar that could just break the Internet! 🙊What do you think is it about? pic.twitter.com/Mx27w3uqQh

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 13, 2021

Mantra… avatar… we are as 🤯 as you are right now!

Give us your best guess as to what this mantra is that he's talking about and keep watching this space for the reveal. 😎 pic.twitter.com/km9AQ93Dek

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 14, 2021

The image has gone viral and has sparked a meme fest online.

Captain cool aise hi nahi khelte.#Dhoni #Monk
Meme by: @harami_normie pic.twitter.com/a3ZxB7gn0i

— FilterCopy (@filtercopy) March 14, 2021

Me patiently waiting to see India's playing XI for tonight's #INDvENG T20I. pic.twitter.com/L5RYc6zpYC

— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) March 14, 2021

After Match Dhoni Telling tips & tricks to youngsters :#Dhoni #Monk pic.twitter.com/DTBUnMA6gl

— MunNaa 🐾 (@Munnaa09) March 14, 2021

Tick-tock, tick-tock… ⏳👀#MSDhoni #IPL2021 #CricTracker pic.twitter.com/D30wzQJFNu

— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) March 14, 2021

MS Dhoni has arrived in Chennai earlier this month to lead a camp for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) ahead of IPL 2021. 

IPL 2021 is scheduled to be held between 9 April, 2021–30 May, 2021.