MS Dhoni with Sanju Samson before the match
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni taking back the captaincy, fans thought it would make things better for CSK, but it took an unexpected turn. Recently, in the 62nd match of the IPL 2025 season, Dhoni came out at number 8 and scored just 16 runs off 17 balls. Following the team’s loss, it became their 10th loss of the season, and fans took to Twitter with the meme wars. Let’s have a look at some hilarious digs taken by the fans on MS Dhoni’s innings and his retirement.
When MS Dhoni was dismissed by Akash Madhwal, he tried playing the scoop shot, but it was caught by Tushar Deshpande. This is a similar shot to what the alien, AB de Villiers, used to play for the South African team and RCB in the IPL.
Various cricket enthusiasts thought that Dhoni recreated the shot of de Villiers, but he ended up losing his wicket. Taking this to Twitter, a fan tweeted by saying, “Next time take Tips from Ab de Villiers on how to play that shot.”
MS Dhoni has often been regarded as the greatest finisher in cricket history, as he has won various games for India and CSK, coming out to chase at the needful times. Fans even expected him to play a quick knock in the match against RR.
But his form seems to be deteriorating these days, as he is not able to play his shots well and often comes out late to bat. To this, a fan tweeted by saying, “He is the greatest finisher of game. He knows how to finish his story too.”
Following his innings in the match against the Rajasthan Royals, where Dhoni scored just 16 runs off 17 balls, the trolls didn’t stop on Twitter. One of them tweeted by saying, “The Best comparison for MS Dhoni in this IPL,” and put the image of a dustbin near the one of the captain cool.
This season, he has scored just 196 runs in 13 matches for Chennai Super Kings, at a strike rate of 135.17, which is comparatively lower than his previous season stats. However, this meme sparked a debate between the CSK fans and trolls.
Captain Cool was tested not only on the field by the Rajasthan bowlers but also by the team’s fans, who came in with big signs against Dhoni. One fan bought a sign, which read, “From Stumps to Sixes, Thala Fixes.”
This also comes due to the fact that Chennai Super Kings were suspended in the IPL for two seasons, 2016 and 2017, due to the fixing allegations against their owners. A fan tweeted with this image, saying that even the RR fans are now humiliating Dhoni in the match.
When Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to the crease at number eight, he started defending the deliveries. A tweet from the famous meme page, TukTuk Academy, said, “Inject that into my Veins,” showcasing that it’s the classic Dhoni style of defending the deliveries when his team is in a pressure situation.
Although the death overs were nearing, watching him play defensively allowed the meme page to troll him in the most hilarious way possible. Various fans even commented on the same, saying that it reminds them of the 2019 World Cup semi-finals.
After the match ended, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was seen having a chat with the Indian youngster Yashasvi Jaiswal. To this, a page tweeted by saying that Dhoni took some advice from Jaiswal and hoped that he could make his comeback in the next game.
This was a hilarious way in which the page represented the whole scenario, noting that Dhoni’s current form has not been great as compared to Yashasvi Jaiswal’s in the IPL matches. Now it will be intense for the fans to see whether Jaiswal is good at giving tips or not.
Although MS Dhoni got out at the score of just 16 runs, this moment was also taken to give credit to him for his score. A Twitter page said that the score made by Dhoni was just a game plan, as he scored 16 runs, and 1+6 is equal to 7.
To this, he said, “Thala for a Reason,” and it is also a great way to go with the trend. Over the past few years, this trend has gone a lot viral on social media sites, with fans using multiple ways to calculate things to 7 and give credit to Captain Cool.
Virat Kohli recently retired from the Test format, but according to some fans, Dhoni paid a tribute to him by his Test-type knock in the recent IPL match. This tweet by a fan on the platform sparked a tiny debate between Kohli fans and Dhoni fans, but it was a hilarious way in which one could relate to the two players.
Dhoni’s knock was mentioned by several cricket enthusiasts as the Test innings in the T20 format, which also came in the death overs.
Following the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in Test cricket and Dhoni’s knock in the recent game against RR, fans now say that Dhoni still has the potential for Test cricket.
A tweet also said to make him the Test captain for the Indian cricket team once again for the England tour. How humour was blended into the situation in the current scenario of the Indian cricket team was next level.
Most of the cricket fans took this exceptional knock of Dhoni, scoring 16 runs in 17 balls hilariously, trolling him for the same. But some CSK and true Dhoni fans could also not see him perform like this, knowing how well he used to finish games in his prime.
A Twitter user also asked Dhoni to retire from the game as his time is now finished, and fans just can’t watch him perform like this anymore. His retirement memes are now all over the internet, but Dhoni seems unlikely to quit the game any time soon, which means that even the fans would have to watch him perform like this for a few more years.