RR vs CSK IPL 2022: Is MS Dhoni Playing his last IPL Match? MS Dhoni to Play IPL 2023?

MS Dhoni IPL 2022 RR vs CSK: Without any doubt, MS Dhoni is one of the most successful and popular cricketers in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Over the years as witnessed in the T20 tournament, the former Indian captain has performed magnificently well both as a captain and batsman. However, now with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all set to play their last league game of IPL 2022 season, the biggest question is that whether MS Dhoni will feature in the next edition of the IPL or not.

RR vs CSK IPL 2022: Is MS Dhoni Playing his last IPL Match? MS Dhoni to Play IPL 2023?

Just before the start of Indian Premier League 2022, the Chennai Super Kings came up with a big announcement that Ravindra Jadeja will be captaining the side this year. However, under Jadeja’s leadership, CSK managed to win just 2 out of their first 9 matches after which he relinquished the captaincy duties back to MS Dhoni for the remainder of the T20 season. Dhoni captained CSK to amazing victories against Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Capitals.

Earlier during this tournament, MS Dhoni revealed that he will definitely feature in the Chennai Super Kings camp for the IPL 2023 in some capacity. CSK will be playing their last league match against Rajasthan Royals on 20 May, 2022 (Friday) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. It is very much certain that Dhoni will likely captain Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023.

“(Whether he’ll play next year) Definitely, because it will be unfair to not to say thank you to Chennai. Won’t be nice to do that to CSK fans,” said CSK captain MS Dhoni during the toss against Rajasthan Royals.

Sulthana! ? Mahi Bhai en guard!#Yellove #WhistlePodu ?? pic.twitter.com/0obk7gJPDc

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) May 20, 2022

MS Dhoni has looked in a fine touch during IPL 2022 season so far with the bat. The wicket-keeper batsman has scored a total of 206 runs from as many as 13 games at a strike-rate of close to 130 that includes a fifty as well.

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MS Dhoni Stats in IPL

Matches	Runs	50s	IPL 2022 Performance	Recent Form
233	4952	24	206 runs (13 games)	7, 36, 21, 2, 8

Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings: Probable CSK Playing 11

Even after making a lot of changes during their previous match, Chennai Super Kings are expected to make some more changes in their playing 11 against Rajasthan Royals on Friday.

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CSK Playing 11
1. Ruturaj Gaikwad
2. Devon Conway
3. Moeen Ali
4. N Jagadeesan
5. Shivam Dube
6. MS Dhoni (C & wk)
7. Mitchell Santner
8. Prashant Solanki
9. Simarjeet Singh
10. Matheesha Pathirana
11. Mukesh Choudhary

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CSK 2022 squad: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Tushar Deshpande, Dwayne Bravo, Devon Conway, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Maheesh Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Prashant Solanki, C Hari Nishanth, N Jagadeesan, Chris Jordan, K Bhagath Verma, Mukesh Choudhary, Simranjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana.