Chennai Super Kings: In IPL 2025 Chennai Super Kings started by defeating Mumbai Indians by four wickets. After this everyone felt that the CSK team would perform well in the upcoming matches. But after this Chennai Super Kings’ car derailed from the winning track and had to face consecutive defeats in the next three matches. Every bet of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad backfired. At the same time Mahendra Singh Dhoni who is counted among the legendary finishers also performed very poorly. Runs are not coming out of his bat. Forget about scoring runs he is yearning to stay at the crease and even if he stays at the crease he bats slowly. He has proved to be a headache for the Chennai Super Kings team in the current season.
MS Dhoni has been a flop badly
In IPL 2025 Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played a total of four matches so far in which a total of 76 runs have come from his bat. In the match against Mumbai Indians Dhoni came out to bat at number 8. But the runs came out of the bat to be zero. After this the limit was crossed in the match against RCB when he came out to bat at number 9. After this he could score only 30 runs and the team lost by 50 runs. In the match against Rajasthan Royals he came out to bat at number 7. But then he could score only 16 runs in 11 balls and lost his wicket to Sandeep Sharma.
Batting at a slow pace against Delhi Capitals
The old story was repeated in the match against Delhi Capitals when he came out to bat at number 7. The team expected an explosive innings from him but he batted very slowly and opened his hands in the last overs by then it was too late. In this match he scored only 30 runs in 26 balls when there was a need to play fast even then the veteran Dhoni was rotating the strike at a snail’s pace.
Became an easy prey for the bowlers
Dhoni was the one who used to become the apple of the eyes of the fans by winning the match for the team in the last overs. But in the current season the eyes of the fans are yearning to see that form of Dhoni. He has become an easy prey for the bowlers. In such a situation the biggest question arises is Dhoni afraid of coming to bat at the top? Or is he playing only for the brand value of IPL. Not for Chennai Super Kings.
Scored more runs in defeat than IPL 2023
In IPL 2023 Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 69 runs playing 13 innings in Chennai Super Kings‘ victory and during this his strike rate has been only 13.80. On the other hand in IPL 2023 he scored 272 runs playing 14 innings in CSK’s defeat. The difference is clearly visible that Dhoni’s performance has declined in the last few years. His runs are more in defeat than in victory and he is not proving beneficial for the Chennai Super Kings team. The figures testify to this.
