CSK vs SRH IPL 2025: MS Dhoni Set to Join Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma & Dinesh Karthik in T20 400-Club

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Team India and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni is set to join compatriots Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Dinesh Karthik in an elusive club when he takes the field on Friday (April 25) for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 clash against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Chennai.

Veteran wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni will be playing the 400th T20 of his career when CSK lock horns with southern rivals SRH at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, where the home side will look to carry forward their unbeaten home record against the visitors.

Dhoni will become the 24th player and fourth player from India after Virat Kohli (407), Dinesh Karthik (412) and Rohit Sharma to complete a quadruple century of matches in T20 cricket across competitions.

The most number of matches in T20s are played by West Indies icon Kieron Pollard (695), followed by West Indies veteran Dwayne Bravo (582) and Pakistan batter Shoaib Malik (557). Here is a look at the players with most appearances in the shortest format:

Most T20 Appearances by Indian Players

• Rohit Sharma - 456 matches
• Dinesh Karthik - 412 matches
• Virat Kohli - 408 matches
• MS Dhoni - 399 matches
• Ravindra Jadeja - 340 matches

In 399 matches so far, for India, Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiant and his domestic side of Jharkhand, Dhoni has made 7,566 runs at an average of 38.02, with 28 fifties and the best score of 84*. He has also completed 318 dismissals across these matches.

Dhoni has also won a T20 World Cup for India in 2007, five IPL titles with CSK in 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021 and 2023, and also two Champions League T20 titles as well with the Men in Yellow.

Dhoni is also the sixth-highest run-getter in the IPL history, with 5,377 runs in 272 matches and 237 innings at an average of 38.96, with 24 fifties. His best score is 84*. In eight matches this season, Dhoni has functioned as a finisher, scoring 134 runs in eight innings at an average of 33.50, a strike rate of 152.27, and the best score of 30*.

Dhoni's struggling CSK sit at the bottom with just two wins in eight matches, while SRH is also placed at an equally poor position at number ninth with six losses in their eight matches. The loser of Friday's match will possibly stare at ending up with the wooden spoon.