The MA Chidambaram Stadium turned into a cauldron of deafening noise as MS Dhoni walked out to bat during Chennai Super Kings' IPL 2025 clash against Punjab Kings on Wednesday (April 30).
The moment was electric, the atmosphere spine-tingling, the decibel meter was the perfect witness to this madness.

Dhoni came in as Sam Curran was dismissed by Marco Jansen in the 18th over. The Englishman departed after a scintillating 88 runs off 47 balls, but the Chepauk astonishingly cheered his dismissal as Dhoni came into the crease.
As Dhoni made his much-anticipated entry onto the field, the stadium erupted with emotion. The sound meter, which had already been fluctuating wildly during the match, recorded a staggering 124 decibels the moment the CSK talisman walked to the crease. It wasn't just loud-it was jet-engine loud. But the crescendo was yet to reach its peak.
On the very first delivery he faced, the 42-year-old icon smashed a boundary, and the decibel meter surged even higher, peaking at 128 decibels. It was not just a boundary; it was a sonic explosion that only Dhoni could trigger in Chennai.
Dhoni eventually scored 11 runs off just 4 balls, including a boundary and a towering six. After Dhoni gell, CSK broke down like a house of cards. From 184 for 5, the Super Kings got bundled out for 190 runs. Yuzvendra Chahal was the architect of CSK's misery as the PBKS spinner claimed a magnificent hat-trick.