‘One more season’… these 3 words are enough and there will be a smile on the faces of millions of cricket fans in India. As common as these 3 words may seem to read and hear, they are even more special for IPL fans because it means that they will get a chance to see IPL’s biggest star, most successful captain and everyone’s favorite MS Dhoni playing again. The same ‘one more season’ is now going to happen in IPL 2026, where the former captain of Chennai Super Kings will again take the field.
Continuously for last 2-3 seasons ms dhoni There has been speculation about his retirement but still he returned to the field for the sake of his fans and his team. Once again he will be seen wearing the yellow jersey of CSK, whether it is a bat in his hand or wicket-keeping gloves, fans will again be eager to get a glimpse of Dhoni. But this time cricket’s most famous ‘number-7’ will also have a chance to make 7 amazing records.
7 possible destinations for ‘7-Star Dhoni’
- Dhoni can become the first player to play 250 matches for Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Dhoni has played 248 matches for CSK so far. He has played a total of 278 matches in IPL, out of which 30 matches were played for Pune Supergiants.
- Similarly, Dhoni can also become the first batsman to score 5000 runs for CSK. He has scored 4865 runs for Chennai in these 248 matches.
- Runs will be scored only when sixes and fours are hit and here too Dhoni can raise the flag of CSK. He is just 16 sixes away from making the record of hitting 250 sixes for Chennai. He has hit 234 sixes only for Chennai.
- As a wicketkeeper, Dhoni has the record of maximum catches of 158 in IPL. At the same time, he is 10 catches away from making the record of 150 catches for just one franchise. His 18 catches came for Pune.
- Not only this, he is just 8 steps away from winning 150 matches as a player for a franchise. Dhoni has won maximum 156 matches so far, out of which 14 matches were won for Pune.
- Apart from this, he is 94 runs away from becoming the first batsman to score 1000 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL. Dhoni has scored the maximum of 906 runs in 35 innings against RCB.
- If Dhoni wins even one Player of the Match award this season, he will break his own record of doing so at the oldest age. Dhoni’s age at present is more than 44 years and 258 days. He had made this record last season at the age of 43 years-281 days.