New Delhi: The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) season came close to Delhi before leaving for Delhi and former World Cup winning captain MS Dhoni arrived at Chennai Airport. Dhoni will facilitate once again IPL 2025 Season for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), target for its sixth title. Under the leadership of Ruturaj Gikwad, CSK will shut down his campaign in his fort, Chepuk against five-time champions and arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI).
Although it is uncertain whether it will be Dhoni’s last IPL season, there has been speculation in 2020 since his international retirement, when he will farewell to the league.
With five IPL trophies as Captain, Dhoni’s heritage in the tournament is unmatched, but fans are surprised that he will finally hang his shoes.
Beyond the IPL 2025 season, Dhoni was retained by CSK as an unaccounted player for Rs 4 crore. This was possible due to a rule presented before last year’s auction, allowing the franchisees to maintain players in the unkapped category if they did not play international cricket for five years.
Since retiring from international cricket, Dhoni has particularly played in the IPL, which is an integral part of CSK. In the 2024 season, he played 11 innings, scored 161 runs at a shocking strike rate of 220 and an average of 53.66. He remained unbeaten eight times, excellent as a finisher for a five -time champion.
Dhoni is the sixth highest run-scorer in IPL history, including 5,243 runs in 264 matches and 229 innings of 39.12 and a strike rate of 137.53, including 24 fifties. His highest IPL score*84 (not out) **. While Dhoni is synonymous with CSK, he also played for the now-deformed Rising Pune Super Joy (RPS) franchise during the 2016-17 season.
As another IPL season approach, all will be eyeing MS Dhoni, not only for their performance on the field, but also for any signal about their future in the tournament.
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