Dhoni, who now plays exclusively in the Indian Premier League (IPL), has been signed by Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for the 2026 season. Vijay, who played eight IPL seasons for CSK, all under Dhoni’s captaincy, enjoyed some of his best years during this period. His best seasons came in 2010 and 2011, where he crossed the 400-point mark in both campaigns and played a crucial role in CSK’s emergence as a dominant force in the league.
“Dhoni is natural and very unique. You can’t replicate those personalities. No one can come and do what he does. The way he dominated and took over the game, he was a very strong person. The way he launched those sixes, I don’t think anyone else got that range as a right-hander. He handed that last one over to Joginder and we won it. There may have been no logic because Harbhajan had an over as a senior. But it won us the cup because he did something out of the senior box. We all should be proud that he was born in our country,” Vijay said on Taruwar Kohli’s YouTube channel.
Over the course of his career, Vijay has represented India in 87 international matches across formats, 61 Tests, 17 ODIs and 9 T20Is. Under Dhoni’s leadership, he played 29 Tests and scored 1,956 runs at an impressive average of 38.35. In total, Vijay amassed 3,982 Test runs in 61 matches, including 12 centuries, at an average of 38.28, with his highest score of 167 against Australia in Hyderabad. He also enjoyed a productive IPL career, amassing 2,619 runs in 106 matches at an average of 25.93.
Vijay last played for India in 2018 during the Perth Test against Australia. He officially announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket in 2023. His international career began in 2008 when he came on for Gautam Gambhir in the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Nagpur, marking the beginning of a memorable journey in Indian cricket.
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