MS Dhoni IPL 2025 record makes him the center of headlines. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian cricketer famous for his remarkable performance in cricket. He is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team. He led the team to victory in the Cricket World Cup of 2011 and in 2007 , the Twenty20 World Cup. Now he is captain of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
In IPL 2025, CSK plays against LSG (Lucknow Super Giants) on Monday. In the match, he creates history by hitting 26 runs on just 11 balls in the last over while chasing down the target of 167 runs. Gaining the second amazing victory of the season. At the Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, there were fireworks in his tribute as Dhoni announced the Player of the Match, even though “Thala” did not agree with the organizers decision.
However, this award helped him break an 11-year-old record in IPL history, and he has become the oldest player in the history of Twenty20, at the age of 43 years, to be given this award. He broke the 11-year-old record of Pravin Tambe, taking his No. 1 spot. Tambe held this spot , having won the player of the match award in 2014 IPL season 17 against KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders) at the age of 42 while playing for Rajasthan Royals, until Monday.
Dhoni commented on his team’s win that he is expecting better performance from his batting unit in upcoming matches if CSK (Chennai Super Kings) wants to improve their current situation in the future.
Shaik Rasheed , the youngest opener for CSK (Chennai Super Kings), stated after his debut match that as a bowling unit, they have done well. As a batting unit, they can do better, and if they have someone who can play through the inning, then why not? He added, ”I think he batted well. He has been with us for quite a few years. This year he has been batting really well in the nets against both pacers and spinners. It’s just a start. He has the capability to dominate with authentic” praising Dhoni.
In his post-match presentation ceremony, on the player of the match award, Dhoni said that Noor (Afghan spinner) deserved this honor instead of him. He said, “ Even today, I was like, why are they giving me the award? Noor bowled really well.”
