In the 30th match of IPL 2025, CSK team defeated Lucknow by 5 wickets and achieved their second victory in the current season. After losing five consecutive matches, CSK team is back on the winning track. By defeating Lucknow in its home, CSK has also equalized the account of last year's defeat.
In this match, CSK captain MS Dhoni played the role of match finisher and scored an unbeaten 26 runs off 11 balls to give the team a thrilling victory.
In the match, CSK achieved the target of 167 runs given by Lucknow with three balls to spare, losing five wickets. In this way, CSK registered its second win in the seventh match of the current season. Dhoni was awarded the Player of the Match after the match. By winning this award, Dhoni broke the 11-year-old IPL record.
MS Dhoni broke the 11-year-old IPL record.
In fact, CSK team started fast while chasing the target of 167 runs of Lucknow Super Giants. Sheikh Rashid (27) and Rachin Ravindra (37) shared a 52-run partnership for the first wicket. After this, CSK lost 4 wickets by making 44 more runs. CSK had lost 4 wickets at the score of 96 runs.
Then when half of the CSK team had reached the pavilion at 111 runs, Dhoni took charge of the team's innings. Dhoni faced 11 balls and hit 4 fours and 1 six and played an unbeaten innings of 26 runs to give the team victory. He was supported by Shivam Dubey, who scored an unbeaten 43 runs from his bat.
After the match, MS Dhoni received the Player of the Match award. During this, he became the oldest player in IPL history to win this award. At the age of 43 years and 280 days, Dhoni broke Praveen Tambe's 11-year-old record.
In 2014, Praveen Tambe won the Player of the Match award against KKR at the age of 42 years and 208 days and became the oldest player to receive this award, but now Dhoni has broken his record.
Oldest players to win POTM award in IPL
43 years 281 days - MS Dhoni
43 years 60 days - Praveen Tambe
41 years 223 days - Shane Warne
41 years 181 days - Adam Gilchrist
41 years 35 days - Chris Gayle
Let us tell you that this was Dhoni's 17th Player of the Match award as captain, which he won after 2175 days i.e. about 6 years. Earlier, Dhoni won this award during the match played against Delhi Capitals in Chepauk in 2019. In that match, Dhoni scored 44 runs in 22 balls and made two amazing stumpings.
MS Dhoni became the first player to take 200 catches behind the wicket in the IPL.
MS Dhoni made another big record in his name in the match played against Lucknow Super Giants on Sunday. He became the first player to take 200 catches behind the wicket in IPL. He achieved this feat by stumping Ayush Badoni off Rachin Ravindra's ball in the match. This was his 46th stumping in IPL. Dhoni also caught Pant's catch in the same match and touched this figure of 200.
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