Will MS Dhoni Play Today His Last Match: Chennai Super Kings will face Sunrisers Hyderabad today (May 18) in the 63rd match of IPL 2026. This match will be played at MA Chidambaram’s home stadium in Chennai. Before the match, the discussion regarding former team captain MS Dhoni intensified. Fans are curious to know whether Dhoni will play against Hyderabad today or not? Along with this, there also seems to be talk of Mahi’s IPL retirement.

In fact, Dhoni had said after Chennai won the IPL trophy in 2021, “I have always planned my cricket. My last match was in Ranchi. My last home match in ODI was in my home Ranchi. So, hopefully my last T20 match will be in Chennai. Whether it will be next year or after five years, we don’t know exactly.”

5 years completed

The 5 years that Mahi had mentioned in 2021 were completed this IPL season. Along with this, this is also the last match of Chennai on its home ground. Accordingly, speculations are being made that today Dhoni may come on the field to play the match and this may also be the last match of his IPL career.

Let us tell you that Dhoni has not played a single match for Chennai, which has played 12 matches in the season. Dhoni has been recovering from a lot of injuries since the beginning of the season. Chennai had told in an update on March 28 that Dhoni could be out for 2 weeks due to calf injury, but gradually the time came to close to 2 months and Mahi did not return.

What did Ashwin say on Dhoni’s return?

Ravichandran Ashwin, who was Dhoni’s teammate in Team India and Chennai Super Kings, said, “I feel that Dhoni has a chance to play against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Let’s see what happens. As far as I have heard, he is ready to play in the last 2-3 matches.

However, it is worth noting that no official information of any kind has been revealed regarding Dhoni’s playing and retirement today. Now it will be interesting to see whether Mahi comes on the field today or not.

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