MS Dhoni IPL Stats Against RCB: This is how MS Dhoni has performed against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the IPL
The Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 has started and in this season of the IPL, 10 teams are competing versus each other to get their hands onthe trophy. Like every season, this time also a total of 74 matches will be played in TATA IPL 2025. The eighth match of this season will be played today i.e. on 28 March between Chennai Super Kings Cricket Team (CSK) vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru Cricket Team (RCB). This match between the two teams will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai at 7.30 pm Indian time.
This season, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captained byRuturaj Gaikwad. Whereas, the command of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) is on the shoulders of Rajat Patidar. The Bengaluru-based team started off their IPL 2025 campaign with a spectacular win over the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the opening match of the tournament. At the same time, CSK registered their first win this season against Mumbai Indians (MI).
Both teams are looking in great touch ahead of their forthcoming clash versus each other and all eyes will be on CSK veteran Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He would like to make an impression with his brilliant batting and his statistics have been amazing against the Bengaluru-based team. In such a situation, let's take a look at MS Dhoni's performance.
CSK star MS Dhoni enjoys batting against Royal Challengers Bengaluru and his stats against them are excellent as well. The 43-year-old has taken part in 36 matches versus the Bengaluru-based team and he has scored 864 runs at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 141.87.
He also has four half-centuries to his name, with his highest score being 84 not out. MS Dhoni has also scored the most runs against RCB in the history of the IPL. David Warner is second on this list, with 862 runs.
This is how MS Dhoni has performed against the RCB bowlers
In IPL history, MS Dhoni faced 57 balls against RCB great bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar and scored 94 runs. Meanwhile, Bhuvi has been unable to dismiss Dhoni even once. The former CSK skipper has only faced Josh Hazlewood once and in this one outing, the Aussie seamer has dismissed got the better of him. Left arm pacer Yash Dayal has also dismissed MS Dhoni once in an innings. MS Dhoni has hit 17 runs off 24 balls against Krunal Pandya.
MS Dhoni's bat has proven quite beneficial for CSK
MS Dhoni has played the most of his cricket at CSK. He has scored 4,669 runs in 203 innings with CSK, averaging 40.25 and striking at 139.21. Meanwhile, he also has 22 half-centuries to his name, with a top score of 84 not out. Currently, MS Dhoni is CSK's second best run scorer. Only Suresh Raina (4,687) is ahead of MS Dhoni on this list, and he will be overtaken shortly.
MS Dhoni can set this massive record against RCB.
Let us tell you that if MS Dhoni scores a half-century against RCB today, he will become the league's oldest batsman to do so. Currently, Adam Gilchrist, a former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman, holds the record. At the age of 41 years and 181 days, Adam Gilchrist scored an unbroken 64-run innings against CSK in 2012. Former West Indies explosive batter Chris Gayle is ranked third on this list. Chris Gayle achieved a half-century at the age of 41 years and 39 days.
