India, May 1 -- Chennai Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanath stopped MS Dhoni on the sidelines to have a chat with the legendary cricketer after CSK lost their fifth IPL 2025 in a row at home (Chidambaram Stadium) to become the first team to officially get knocked out of the race to the playoffs. CSK lost to Punjab Kings by four wickets on Wednesday in another one-sided contest. This was the first time in the history of IPL that Dhoni would not be a part of an IPL final for successive years. CSK had missed the playoffs berth last year.

Dhoni returned as the CSK captain after Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the 18th season with an elbow injury, but CSK's fortunes remained the same. The talismanic captain, who has won five titles and featured i...