CSK vs. KKR, IPL 2025: MS Dhoni is ready to play in the IPL 2025 once again. On Friday, he will captain the Chennai Super Kings against the Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Since Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK’s normal captain, is out with an elbow injury, Dhoni will be guiding the team for the remainder of the competition.
In the IPL, MS Dhoni is just legendary. His career in the league has shaped a time, established benchmarks, and created a legacy that may never be equalled. Because CSK has won a record five IPL championships under his leadership, he is the most successful captain to have led a team in the league.
Dhoni’s contributions have fluctuated across the IPL seasons versus KKR, with some seasons producing more runs and others posing difficulties. For example, Dhoni achieved his first IPL fifty since 2019 when he struck an undefeated fifty off of 38 balls in the 2022 season opener.
Dhoni has performed well with the bat despite receiving a lot of criticism for his batting posture. While batting lower in the order, the 43-year-old has amassed 103 runs.
Going into the game, the five-time IPL winners will be coming off losses in their past four games. In their first game of the season, they defeated their bitterest rivals, the Mumbai Indians, to record their lone victory.
The batting record of MS Dhoni vs KKR in IPL history
In the Indian Premier League (IPL), MS Dhoni has a strong batting record against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). He has scored 555 runs in 27 innings while playing in 32 games against KKR.
27 innings were played.
Runs total: 555
Maximum score: 66*
Two half-centuries
Rate of Strike: 131.51
Average batsman: 42.69
MS Dhoni’s IPL captaincy record vs KKR
Since the first season of the IPL in 2008, Dhoni has been a member of CSK. With the exception of the 2016 and 2017 seasons when CSK was not in the IPL, he led the team from 2008 until 2023.
In 29 IPL games versus KKR, Dhoni has led CSK to victory in 18 of them. Ten of his games have ended in defeat, while one match resulted in a draw.
IPL 2025: Chennai Super Kings vs. KKR Squads: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, MS Dhoni (w/c), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha Pathirana, Jamie Overton, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj, Shreyas Gopal, Sam Curran, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Nathan Ellis, Gurjapneet Singh, Shaik Rasheed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Andre Siddarth C, Vansh Bedi
Teams: Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Spencer Johnson, Varun Chakaravarthy, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Anukul Roy, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje, Mayank Markande, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Chetan Sakariya, Kolkata Knight Riders squad: Quinton de Kock (w), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c),
