MS Dhoni added another notable achievement to his stunning career by hitting his 350th six in T20 cricket at Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi against Rajasthan Royals (RR) against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the second last league match of IPL 2025. With this achievement, the 43 -year -old icon became the fourth Indian to reach this specific point, With Rohit Sharma (542), Virat Kohli (434) and Suryakumar Yadav (368) More than 350 joined the club of sixes.
The achievement was achieved in the 16th over of CSK’s innings, when Dhoni hit a signature flat six over Ryan Parag’s head. Despite his age, Dhoni has been defying expectations from his power-touching, scoring 7,628 T20 runs at a strike rate of 135.63 and close to 38. He has also scored 28 half -centuries in all formats.
However, Dhoni’s achievement faded due to CSK’s defeat. Batting first, CSK scored a competitive score of 187/8 thanks to the fast innings of Ayush Mhatre (43 runs off 20 balls) and Dewald Brevis (42 off 25 balls). Dhoni himself also played an important role, but Rajasthan Royals bowlers, especially Akash Madhwal and Yudhveer Singh Charak took three wickets each and stopped CSK from crossing the 200-run mark.
In response, RR scored 188/4 in 17.1 overs, chasing the target easily. Young batsman Vaibhav Suryavanshi led the team by scoring 57 runs off 33 balls, while captain Sanju Samson added 41 runs. The six -wicket victory further strengthened the Royals’ strong performance.
This defeat fixed the fate of CSK, this is the first time in IPL history that the five -time champion team has failed to qualify for the playoffs in two consecutive seasons. Although Dhoni’s personal talent still shines in stadiums, now the franchise has serious questions about the team’s reconstruction and future leadership.
