The first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s biggest T20 league, was auctioned for the first time on this day in 2008. Let us tell you that in this season, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) was bought by Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 million dollars (about 12.5 crores).

So till now with this season, Dhoni has remained with Chennai and Dhoni and Chennai have completed 16 years together. During these 16 years, under the captaincy of Dhoni, the team has won the IPL title five times and the Champions Trophy title twice.

On the other hand, on this special occasion, Chennai Super Kings has made a special post about Dhoni on its official X account. While sharing this post, the franchisee wrote – 16 years and only 1 name ‘Thala’

See this social media post of Chennai Super Kings

1⃣6⃣ years- 1⃣ Name!

𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗔🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/ljOq7C3Kcq

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 20, 2024

On the other hand, if we tell you about Dhoni, he is ready to take charge of Chennai Super Kings once again. In the last season of IPL, CSK won the title for the fifth time by defeating defending champions Gujarat Titans in the final. So with this title, he also equaled Mumbai Indians (five times) in winning the IPL title the most number of times.

So if we tell you about Dhoni’s IPL career, he has played 250 matches till the time of writing, in which he has scored a total of 5082 runs at an average of 38.79 and an excellent strike rate of 135.92. During this period, 24 half-centuries have also been seen with Dhoni’s bat. However, now it will be worth seeing how Dhoni is going to perform for Chennai at the age of 42?