MS Dhoni, one of India’s most successful captains in white ball cricket, has become immortal in Indian cricket forever. Under Dhoni’s leadership, Team India won not one or two but 3 ICC Trophy. His international career started in 2004 and in the next 16 years he made a lot of records. Then the date came when Dhoni said goodbye to his career, that is, on 15 August 2020, he announced his retirement. Do you know why MS Dhoni took retirement on 15 August (India Independence Day)?

Why retire on August 15?

The date of August 15 is not only MS Dhoni but one of his best friends is also special for Suresh Raina. Both of them stopped their international cricket career on the same day. Five years ago, Raina himself told why he and Dhoni announced retirement on 15 August itself.

After retiring on 15 August 2020, Suresh Raina had revealed in a media interview and told that, “We had already made up their mind that Dhoni will announce retirement on August 15 (Saturday). Dhoni’s jersey number is ‘7’ and my jersey number is ‘3’. The two are formed 73 and on 15 August (2020), India could not get independence on 15 August (2020).

Former cricketer Suresh Raina also said that Dhoni started his career on 23 December 2004, while his career started on 30 July 2005. Raina said that the career of both of them started at the same time, he also stayed together for many years in Chennai Super Kings and he had decided to take retirement together.

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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.”

Gujarat Titans vs Chennai Super Kings, IPL 2025: Two matches will be played today in IPL 2025. The first match will be played between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. MS Dhoni’s Chennai and Shubman Gill’s Gujarat will clash at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The final match will also be played on this ground.

Gujarat’s team would like to win today to finish the top-2. Gujarat is currently on top. This season team has won 9 out of 13 matches. GT has a total of 18 points. This is his last match. In such a situation, the team will make every effort to finish the top-2 with 20 points.

Talking about Chennai Super Kings, this season has no less than a frightening dream for him. Chennai ranks at the bottom of the points table. The team could win only 3 matches out of 13 matches. Chennai is also the last match of the season today. In such a situation, the team would like to conclude the season with victory.

Who ahead in the head to head?

The Gujarat Titans has defeated Chennai 4 times in the IPL so far. At the same time, Chennai has defeated Gujarat three times. On this ground, Chennai defeated Gujarat in the final of IPL 2023 and won the IPL title for the fifth time.

Pitch report

The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is considered suitable for batsmen. It has been seen quite easy to score here. It is a afternoon match. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to bat first.

Possible playing XI of Gujarat Titans- Shubman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Jose Butler (wicketkeeper), Sharafen Rutherford, Shah Rukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Arshad Khan, Ravishrinivasan Sai Kishore, Kagiso Rabada and Mohammad Siraj

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Chennai Super Kings potential playing XI- Ayush Mhatre, Davon Conway, Urvil Patel, Rabindra Jadeja, Dewald Brevis, Shivam Dubey, MS Dhoni (captain and wicketkeeper), Anshul Kamboj, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed, Khalil Ahmed

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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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