MS Dhoni played a vintage innings for Chennai Super Kings against Lucknow Super Giants in an IPL 2025 match in Lucknow on Monday. The CSK skipper struck 26* off 11 balls with the assistance of 4 fours and one six. The cameo helped CSK chase down 167-run goal in 19.3 overs. He also produced an awesome run out in the primary innings. Later, MS Dhoni was seen limping after CSK won the match by five wickets. The visuals had web concerned.
— CSK Korner™ (@dhonsim140024) April 15, 2025
MS Dhoni limping a bit after the match yesterday.
– Hope it’s nothing serious and he recovers quickly. pic.twitter.com/g5J6mX5heC
— Akaran.A (@Akaran_1) April 15, 2025
Ruled Out of the following match? MS Dhoni was limping after the CSK vs LSG match on Tuesday, if he too doesn’t play next match, it can be an enormous blow for CSK in IPL 2025#IPL2025
— LePakad7🇮🇳🇮🇹 (@AreBabaRe2) April 15, 2025
Former India allrounder Sanjay Bangar reflected on MS Dhoni’s physical condition and his ending ability after Chennai Super Kings snapped a five-match winless streak and said the wicketkeeper, despite not being in his best physical shape, pushed through and “found the strength to return out and perform.”
After Rachin Ravindra and debutant Shaik Rashid got CSK off to an outstanding start within the chase of 167, CSK’s momentum was snatched back with Lucknow Super Giants’ spinners growing into the sport. But Dhoni provided a much-needed blitz together with his quickfire 26 not out off just 11 balls, together with Shivam Dube’s 37-ball 43 not out, to drag the sport back in CSK’s favour because the visitors secured the five-wicket victory over LSG in Lucknow.
“MS Dhoni was not in his best physical shape. Towards the top of the innings, we saw him limping a bit while collecting balls down the leg side. But he still pushed through and located the strength to return out and perform the way in which he did. Between the wickets, he wasn’t running fluently—he was struggling. But, as all the time, he kept his cool and stitched together that partnership.
“The closer it gets, the harder it becomes, the probabilities of (the opposition) making a mistake increase. That is where MS Dhoni is so good—he sneaks it in towards the very end and finished the match brilliantly, snatching victory from the grasp of the Lucknow Super Giants,” Bangar said on JioHotstar.
Former India pacer Varun Aaron also weighed in on the importance of Dhoni’s presence on the crease, saying, “Having MS Dhoni on the crease is priceless, especially towards the top. I feel today was considered one of those nights where the highest order—especially the primary two—gave him an inexpensive goal to realize.”
“Within the previous matches, the form of targets the lower order was getting were outrageous—needing 14 -15 runs per over—which does not occur day-after-day. But today, it was a really achievable goal. And if you give MS Dhoni that, he’ll get there most of the time.
“The Lucknow Super Giants bowlers bowled one-dimensionally towards the death—only went for wide lines, didn’t try a bouncer, and didn’t try a superb slow ball outside the off stump. They might have been higher. Not giving Ravi Bishnoi that over goes to harm them,” he added.
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