Is Suresh Raina’s biggest IPL record going to be broken? MS Dhoni can create history and become CSK’s number 1 batsman.

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 16, 2026

Yes, this can happen. First of all, know that 44-year-old Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played 272 matches in the IPL tournament so far, in which he has scored 5314 runs in 238 innings at an average of 38.23 and a strike rate of around 140. From here, if Mahendra Singh Dhoni is successful in scoring 216 runs in the IPL 2026 tournament, then he will complete his 5530 runs in IPL and with this, he will become the highest run scorer for Chennai Super Kings, leaving Suresh Raina behind.

Know that Suresh Raina played 200 matches for Chennai Super Kings in his IPL career and batted in 195 innings and scored 5529 runs at an average of 33.10 and strike rate of 138.91. He has been a very special part of the CSK team for a long time and fans used to call him Chinna Thala.

Most runs for Chennai Super Kings in IPL

Suresh Raina – 5529 runs in 200 matches
Mahendra Singh Dhoni – 5314 runs in 272 matches
Faf du Plessis – 2932 runs in 100 matches
Ruturaj Gaikwad – 2502 runs in 71 matches
Ravindra Jadeja – 2354 runs in 200 matches

It is noteworthy that for IPL 2026, Chennai Super Kings has retained Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Rs 4 crore. He is the most experienced player of CSK, so fans would like him to perform brilliantly with his batting in the upcoming tournament. Let us tell you that Dhoni holds the record of playing most number of matches in IPL history. He has made this record by playing 278 matches so far. Rohit Sharma is at second place in this list, who has played 272 matches in IPL.

CSK full squad for IPL 2026: Rituraj Gaikwad, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dubey, Ayush Mhatre, Dewald Brewis, Urvil Patel, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapaneet Singh, Jamie Overton, Mukesh Chaudhary, Nathan Ellis, Noor Ahmed, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Shreyas Gopal, Khalil Ahmed, Sarfaraz Khan, Kartik Sharma, Prashant Veer, Matthew Short, Aman Khan, Jack Fox, Akil Hussain, Rahul Chahar, Matt Henry.