Delhi: In the IPL 2025 season, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). After this defeat, questions are being raised about Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s batting. Especially Dhoni’s batting at number-9 did not like many cricket giants. He said that if Dhoni is going to bat so down then what is the use of being in his team?
Question on Dhoni’s batting order
In fact, during the IPL 2023 season, the speculation of Dhoni’s retirement intensified, but he continued to play. Even at the age of 43, Dhoni remains a part of CSK. However, for some time, Dhoni has lowered his batting order. Due to this, his contribution to Chennai’s victory has reduced, while he has scored more runs in loser matches.
Dhoni’s performance
Dhoni’s 2023 IPL season figures prove this. During CSK’s victory, Dhoni batted in just 3 innings and scored just 3 runs in 9 balls, which had no four or six. At the same time, when CSK lost, Dhoni scored 150 runs off 73 balls in 5 innings, including 12 fours and 12 sixes.
Is Dhoni no longer a match winner for CSK?
It is clear from these figures that Dhoni’s batting does not show much impact in CSK’s victory. However, in the wicketkeeping, Dhoni has performed brilliantly in both matches of this season, but his magic in batting seems to be faded.
In the IPL, Dhoni has scored 5273 runs in 266 matches so far, but the question is whether he has no longer been the match winner for the team with his growing age?
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