The Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) stand-in skipper, MS Dhoni turned again the clock within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 match in opposition to Lucknow Tremendous Giants (LSG) on Monday, producing a late blitz to fireside the staff to its second victory of the season. Dhoni’s bat breathed hearth, scoring 26 runs off simply 11 balls as CSK chased down the goal of 167 runs in a last-over thriller. Courtesy of his fireworks on the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Dhoni was named the Participant of the Match. Although the ‘Thala’ did not fairly agree with the choice of the organisers, the award helped him shatter an all-time report in IPL historical past.
Because of the POTM honour, Dhoni has change into the oldest participant within the T20 league’s historical past to be given the award, on the age of 43 years and 280 days. He broke an 11-year-old report within the course of, surpassing Pravin Tambe to take the No. 1 spot. Dhoni, therefore, turned the primary participant within the league’s historical past to be named the Participant of the Match on the age of 43.
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Tambe held the numero uno spot till Monday, having gained the Participant of the Match award in IPL 2014 in opposition to KKR at an age of 42 years and 208 days. He set the report whereas taking part in for the Rajasthan Royals.
Dhoni, reflecting on the staff’s win, mentioned that he expects his batting unit to carry out higher within the coming video games if CSK are to come back out of the rut they’re in at current.
“As a bowling unit we have achieved nicely. As a batting unit, we are able to do higher. Roles and obligations – that is what we discuss. In the event you get off to begin, and also you’re somebody who can play by means of the innings, then why not. I believe he batted very well immediately. He has been with us for fairly just a few years (Shaik Rasheed). This yr he has been batting very well within the nets in opposition to each pacers and spinners. It is simply the beginning. He has the aptitude to dominate with genuine photographs,” he mentioned.
On the Participant of the Match honour, Dhoni mentioned that Afghan spinner Noor Ahmed deserved the title as an alternative of him. “Even immediately I used to be like – “why are they giving me the award?” Noor bowled very well,” Dhoni mentioned within the post-match presentation ceremony.
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