Ms dhoni on ipl retirement: Chennai Super Kings played their last match on Sunday in IPL 2025. Chennai defeated Gujarat and said goodbye to this season. After the match, Dhoni opened a big secret over his retirement from IPL. He also told what is his plan regarding the future.

‘I am not saying that I am retiring’

After the 83-run win against the Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni said, “I have four-five months to take a decision, there is no hurry. I need to keep my body fit. If the cricketers start retiring on their performance, some will retire at the age of 22 years. I am not even saying that I am coming back.

43 -year -old Mahendra Singh Dhoni could not have much impact with his batting in IPL 2025. For this reason, the news of his retirement intensified. Apart from the bat, Dhoni could not qualify the team in the playoffs under his captaincy. Therefore, after the team’s last league match, questions about their future were bound to arise.

Learn why Dhoni said that I am old

Dhoni has hoped that when Ruturaj Gaikwad returns from injury next year, the session of Chennai will be good. He jokingly said that only the age of his captain shows him old. Dhoni said, “Ruturaj does not have to worry about too much about things in the next session. He will fit in one of them. He is just 15 years younger than me, this makes me feel that I am old.”

Talking about the current session of IPL, Dhoni admitted that batting disappointed him. He said, “Our session was not good. Today (against Gujarat) was one of those excellent performances. We have not done a very good ‘catching’, but today it was good. I was worried about the batting department. We can score runs on the board, but some shortcomings are yet to be cured.”

Ms dhoni ipl retirement: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is also one of the greatest players and captains of IPL. He has won the Indian Premier League title to Chennai Super Kings five times. In IPL 2024, Dhoni was broken by his stormy strike rate on the opposing bowlers. He scored 161 runs playing at a strike rate of last season 220. But only two matches of IPL 2025 have made MS Dhoni a villain from hero.

MS Dhoni became Villain

MS Dhoni has scored 76 runs in four matches so far in IPL 2025. He has batting in all four matches of CSK in the tournament and has been continuously failing to finish the match for his team. Especially two matches of IPL 2025 have made him the biggest villain. The first match was against RCB, in which Dhoni scored 30 runs in 16 balls. The Chennai team had to chase a big goal, so Dhoni came to bat on the ninth order. Dhoni and CSK were also trolled because Ravichandran Ashwin was sent to bat above them. As a result, CSK lost by 50 runs in that match.

In the match against Delhi Capitals, Dhoni had to be trolled due to a very slow innings. Dhoni came to bat in the 11th over in the match against Delhi, Vijay Shankar was set at the crease at the other end. On one hand, Shankar scored 69 runs playing at a strike rate of only 128. At the same time, Dhoni scored 30 runs with a slow strike of 115. The target of 184 runs in front was, yet Dhoni’s fast batting became a big reason for CSK’s defeat.

Dhoni’s retirement pressure

Dhoni is considered one of the best finishers in the world. Till now he has batting in all four matches in IPL 2025, but despite being the best finisher in the world, he has failed to win CSK. The ghost of retirement has fallen behind ‘Tala’, batting at a lower order and batting at a slow strike rate.

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Stephen fleming on ms dhoni ipl retirement: In IPL 2025, the entire family of MS Dhoni came to see Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Capitals match. Parents, wife Sakshi Dhoni and her daughter were also present in the Chepock ground. As soon as pictures of Dhoni’s family came out, the speculation of MS Dhoni’s IPL retirement caught fire. Now Chennai Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming has issued a big statement on Dhoni’s retirement.

Are Dhoni retiring? Coach’s statement

Stephen Fleming was asked by MS Dhoni’s IPL on retirement from Stephen Fleming at a post-match conference after Delhi Capitals win a 25-run Chennai Super Kings. In response, he said, “It is not my job that I give a statement on someone’s retirement. I have no idea of ​​it. I am still enjoying working with him. They are still playing well. I don’t even ask him about it.”

Dhoni’s slow innings became the root of trouble

Delhi Capitals had set a target of 184 runs in front of Chennai Super Kings. The start of CSK was very poor and the team touched the 100 runs in the 15th over. Dhoni came to bat in the 11th over when Chennai needed 110 runs to win 56 balls. By that time Vijay Shankar was set on the crease and Dhoni is capable of playing a stormy innings even at the age of 43. In such a situation, Chennai should have registered an easy victory.

But after Dhoni came to batting, Chennai’s team was able to score only 84 runs in about 10 overs. Dhoni scored just 30 runs in 26 balls at a strike rate of only 115. Looking at Vijay Shankar, it seemed as if he was batting in T20. He scored 69 runs in 54 balls playing with a strike of around 128.

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