Chennai Super Kings defeated Lucknow by 5 wickets in the 30th match of IPL 2025. CSK won this match in a thrilling manner in the last over. MS Dhoni and Shivam Dubey stayed till the end and led the team to victory in the match. At one point Chennai had lost 5 wickets for 111 runs. After that, Dhoni made an important contribution by scoring 26 runs in 11 balls. His innings included 4 fours and 1 six. Dhoni’s match-finishing innings also impressed CSK bowling coach Eric Simons. Actually, MS Dhoni won the toss in the match and decided to bowl first. In this match, Lucknow batted first and scored 166/7 runs thanks to Rishabh Pant’s 63 runs. In response, CSK got off to a great start. Sheikh Rasheed and Rachin Ravindra batted brilliantly. Sheikh got out in the 5th over. Only 27 runs came from his bat. Rashid’s first IPL innings was ended by Avesh Khan. Chennai’s rhythm was broken after losing two consecutive wickets. In the match, MS Dhoni batted explosively and scored 26 runs in 11 balls. At the same time, Shivam Dubey scored 43 runs, on the basis of which CSK won this match in the 20th over. CSK broke the streak of losing five consecutive matches in this way.Aiden Markram got Ravindra out LBW, while in the next over Ravi Bishnoi caught the return catch of Rahul Tripathi. Bishnoi bowled brilliantly and got Ravindra Jadeja caught by Markram at long on. Chennai needed 56 runs in the last five overs. As soon as Dhoni came, he hit two fours to Avesh Khan, and now Chennai needed 44 runs in four overs. He reminded us of the old days by hitting a one-handed six off Shardul. He and Dubey led the team to victory without taking any risk.After the victory over Lucknow in the match, CSK’s bowling coach gave a statement in the post-match conference praising MS Dhoni (MS Dhoni CSK). Eric Simons said, “His influence has been there all the time. You know, when he was not the captain. His relationship with Ritu was very important. He formed an important bond with Fleming. His relationship with all the players is very important. It is not that he teaches specific technical issues about the game, but it is the calmness that you see there. That is how he teaches you to play the game. He teaches the understanding of cricket, which is a very important aspect of the game. So that influence, that calmness that he brings, has always been there, but tonight we saw it once again.” Eric also mentioned, “You know, the fact is that whether he is the captain or not, he is the same person. He did not change even when he was not the captain. He is obviously a very important part of our setup. As I said, it is unfortunate that Rituraj is not available to play, but MS has always been like this. As I said, it does not feel like a big change because he is always there to give advice and ideas. He is always a calming influence and gives a great level of understanding about how cricket should be played.” Talking on this topic, Sourabh Solanki, cricket coach at Ambedkar University Delhi, said, “Dhoni has scored 130 runs in seven matches in IPL 2025 at an average of 43.33 and a strike rate of 158.33. He has hit the most sixes (8) for CSK this season. He has always proved himself as an asset to the team and knows how to work best under extreme pressure. His skill to navigate through hardships is what makes him the coolest and one of the most successful captains in the history of cricket.”
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