IPL 2025, CSK vs KKR: MS Dhoni Creates Historical past, Turns into Oldest-Ever Participant To…
MS Dhoni on Friday created historical past by changing into the oldest-ever captain in Indian Premier League (IPL), at 43 years and 278 days, as he led Chennai Tremendous Kings of their IPL 2025 match in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Notably, Dhoni, who had left captaincy after successful IPL 2023 ultimate in opposition to Gujarat Titans, was reappointed because the captain of CSK halfway into IPL 2025 after common captain Ruturaj Gaikwad was dominated out of the match on account of an elbow harm sustained throughout their match in opposition to the Rajasthan Royals on March 30.
With this, Dhoni prolonged his report for the oldest captain in IPL. He beforehand held the report throughout IPL 2023 season when he led CSK in opposition to Gujarat Titans on the age of 41 years and 326 days.
Oldest Captains To Lead In IPL
MS Dhoni (CSK) – 43y 278d (vs KKR, 2025)
MS Dhoni (CSK) – 41y 326d (vs GT, 2023)
Shane Warne (RR) – 41y 249d (vs MI, 2011)
Adam Gilchrist (KXIP) – 41y 185d (vs MI, 2013)
Rahul Dravid (RR) – 40y 133d (vs MI, 2013)
Sourav Ganguly (PWI) – 39y 316d (vs KKR, 2012)
Toss, Taking part in XIs, Impression Gamers For CSK vs KKR IPL 2025 Match
Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Ajinkya Rahane received the toss and opted to bowl in opposition to Chennai Tremendous Kings within the within the twenty fifth match of the IPL 2025 in Chennai.
KKR made one change, bringing in Moeen Ali instead of Spencer Johnson. Alternatively, CSK made two adjustments, drafting Rahul Tripathi and Anshul Kamboj for Ruturaj Gaikwad and Mukesh Choudhary.
Taking part in XIs
Chennai Tremendous Kings: Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Rahul Tripathi, Vijay Shankar, Shivam Dube, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Anshul Kamboj, Khaleel Ahmed.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Quinton de Kock (wk), Sunil Narine, Ajinkya Rahane (c), Venkatesh Iyer, Rinku Singh, Moeen Ali, Andre Russell, Ramandeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Impression Subs
Kolkata Knight Riders: Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rovman Powell, Luvnith Sisodia, Anukul Roy
Chennai Tremendous Kings: Matheesha Pathirana, Jamie Overton, Deepak Hooda, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti
