Legendary Indian cricketer and former Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni unleashed a flurry of huge hits within the nets forward of his aspect’s Indian Premier League (IPL) marketing campaign opener towards arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI). CSK and MI, each five-time IPL champions, will kickstart their IPL marketing campaign with the league’s ‘El Clasico’ match at Chepauk Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Throughout his nets session, a snippet of which was posted on the official IPL X deal with, Dhoni was seen unleashing some heavy hits that left the online bowlers in awe. Dhoni will play within the 2025 IPL season for Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), chasing his sixth title beneath Ruturaj Gaikwad’s management. Final season, his group missed on playoffs because of a poor net-run fee, ending at fifth spot.
Our first glimpse of MS Dhoni on the MA Chidambaram Stadium forward of the #TATAIPL 2025 season! pic.twitter.com/P1jPxnSmJI
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) March 21, 2025
Whether or not the upcoming IPL season with Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) would be the final for Dhoni is unsure. However ever since he retired from worldwide cricket in 2020, there have been speculations over when the legend will pull the curtains on a wonderful IPL profession, through which he has captured 5 trophies as a captain.
CSK retained Dhoni as an uncapped participant at Rs 4 crore forward of the 2025 season. The IPL launched a brand new rule forward of final 12 months’s public sale, permitting franchises to retain gamers within the uncapped class in the event that they haven’t performed worldwide cricket for 5 years.
Since he retired from worldwide cricket in 2020, Dhoni has solely appeared within the IPL. Within the 2024 season, he scored 161 runs at a strike fee of 220 and a mean of 53.66 after 11 innings, staying unbeaten eight occasions and fulfilling the function of a finisher for the five-time champions.
Dhoni is the sixth-highest run-getter in IPL historical past, with 5.243 runs in 264 matches and 229 innings at a mean of 39.12, a strike fee of 137.53 and 24 fifties. His greatest rating is 84*. Apart from CSK, he additionally performed for Rising Pune Supergiant (RPG), a now-defunct franchise, from 2016-17.
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