As the day of IPL 2025 approaches, Dhoni's best friend is also returning in style. The effect of both his fitness and performance is visible on the field. At present, such work has been done by him, which has been seen for the first time in the last 5 years. Surely, Chennai Super Kings i.e. CSK is happy to see this feat done by him. You must be wondering which of Dhoni's best friends we are talking about here. So this is his yellow jersey team's all-rounder Deepak Chahar, who has currently left an impression with his performance in Ranji Trophy.

Only 4 first class matches in 3 years

Deepak Chahar has performed amazingly while playing for Rajasthan in Ranji Trophy. His feat was seen against Himachal Pradesh team, which was only the fourth first class match of Deepak Chahar in the last 3 years. However, despite this, what Deepak did was seen through him for the first time in 5 years.

Took 5 wickets for the first time in 5 years

Deepak Chahar took 5 wickets for 30 runs in 10 overs in the first innings against Himachal Pradesh. This is the first time after 2019 i.e. in the last 5 years that Deepak Chahar has opened his claws. Due to his performance with the ball, Rajasthan's hold on the match has become stronger. Deepak Chahar took his 5 wickets in the second day's play.

Deepak Chahar wreaked havoc, not even 100 runs were scored

Rajasthan batted first in the match. In the first innings he made a huge total of 334 runs. In reply, when Himachal Pradesh team came out to bat, they could not even score 100 runs in front of Deepak Chahar's havoc. The entire team was all out for just 98 runs in its first innings.

CSK happy with Deepak's performance!

Deepak Chahar has been continuously struggling with injury. Even for the current season of Ranji Trophy, his preparation was not complete. But, as soon as the new ball came in hand, he took a flurry of wickets. Due to his ability to take wickets with the new ball and score runs with the bat, Chahar is among the players close to Dhoni.

Now CSK will also be very happy after seeing his performance against Himachal Pradesh, which had bought him for Rs 16 crore. After seeing Chahar's fitness and recent performance, it cannot be said with certainty but it can be expected that CSK will retain him for the next season also.