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File picture of MS Dhoni and Sanju Samson© BCCI/IPL
Forward of the Indian Premier League 2025, Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain Sanju Samson described how a lot he values spending time with former India and Chennai Tremendous Kings skipper MS Dhoni. Dhoni will probably be enjoying within the 2025 IPL season for Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK), chasing his sixth title. Underneath the management of Ruturaj Gaikwad. CSK will begin off their marketing campaign in opposition to five-time champions and arch-rivals Mumbai Indians (MI) at their dwelling floor of Chepauk.
“Like every young Indian cricketer, I always wanted to be around MS Dhoni. Every time we played against CSK, I wanted to sit and talk to him, ask him how he does things. It was a dream for me. I remember playing a match against CSK in Sharjah, where I finally performed well, scored around 70-80 runs, won the game, and became the Man of the Match. After that, I met Mahi bhai, and since then, our relationship has grown. Even now, I meet him often. Just yesterday, I met him again. It’s truly a blessed feeling–to go from idolizing him to now sitting with him for shoots and events. I feel like I’m living my dream,” Samson stated whereas talking on JioHotstar as part of the ‘SuperStar’ programme.
Forward of the 2025 season, Dhoni was retained as an uncapped participant by CSK at Rs 4 crore. IPL had launched a brand new rule forward of final yr’s public sale, permitting franchises to retain gamers within the uncapped class in the event that they haven’t performed worldwide cricket for 5 years.
Since his retirement from worldwide cricket in 2020, Dhoni has solely appeared within the IPL. Within the 2024 season, he scored 161 runs at a strike fee of 220 and a median of 53.66 after 11 innings, staying unbeaten eight occasions and fulfilling the function of a finisher for the five-time champions.
Dhoni is the sixth-highest run-getter in IPL historical past, with 5.243 runs in 264 matches and 229 innings at a median of 39.12, a strike fee of 137.53 and 24 fifties. His greatest rating is 84*. Aside from CSK, he additionally performed for Rising Pune Supergiant (RPG), a now-defunct franchise, from 2016-17.
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