MS Dhoni scored 30* runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Chennai Super Kings suffered a humiliating defeat by 50 runs at the hands of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 8th match of IPL 2025. Let us tell you, after 17 years, RCB has defeated Chennai on their home ground Chepauk. In the match against Bangalore, CSK looked flop in all three departments.
In this match, MS Dhoni was sent to bat at number-9, a decision which is being criticized a lot. He played an unbeaten innings of 30 runs in 16 balls, but could not lead the team to victory.
However, during this innings, the former CSK captain has made a big record in his name. Dhoni has surpassed Suresh Raina to become the highest run-scorer for Chennai Super Kings.
MS Dhoni became the highest run scorer for CSK
MS Dhoni has scored 4699 runs in 204 innings for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL. He has scored for CSK at an impressive average of 40.50 and a strike rate of 139.43, which includes 22 half-centuries. With this, he has become the highest run-scorer for the franchise. This record was earlier held by Suresh Raina, who had scored 4687 runs in 171 innings.
List of top-5 batsmen who scored the most runs for CSK-
4695 – MS Dhoni (204 innings)
4687 – Suresh Raina (171 innings)
2721 – Faf du Plessis (86 innings)
2433 – Ruturaj Gaikwad (67 innings)
1939 – Ravindra Jadeja (127 innings)
Talking about the match played between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings, RCB batted first and scored 196 runs on the board. Rajat Patidar played a brilliant innings of 51 runs in 32 balls. Chasing the target, Chennai’s team could score only 146 runs by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs and Bangalore won by 50 runs. For RCB, Josh Hazlewood took the maximum three wickets by giving 21 runs in 4 overs.
