Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings are certainly the most successful teams in the history of Indian Premier League. While MI has won the title four times, CSK has lifted the trophy thrice.
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When it comes to winning percentage – CSK has won 61.28 % matches across its 10 complete IPL seasons whereas MI boasts the winning percentage of 57.98 from 188 games.
Under MS Dhoni's inspirational leadership, CSK also holds the record of most appearances in the playoffs (10) and the finals (8). In addition, the Chennai-based franchise has also won the Champions League Twenty20 in 2010 and 2014.
On the other hand, MI has made it to the playoffs and finals 8 and 5 times respectively. Just like CSK, Mumbai has also lifted the CLT20 title twice (2011, 2013).
No wonder, Chennai’s Dhoni and Mumbai’s Rohit Sharma were on Saturday (April 18) jointly declared as the greatest IPL captains by a jury comprising 20 former cricketers.
The list was picked by Star Sports' expert jury, comprising 50 members which included 20 former cricketers, 10 senior sports journalists, 10 statisticians and analysts (10), on the show called Cricket Connected.
The jury also picked South Africa’s AB De Villiers as the greatest batsman in the history of IPL, while veteran Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga took away the title in bowling.
Australia's Shane Watson was voted as the finest all-rounder in IPL history. The honour of best coach went to Stephen Fleming of Chennai Super Kings, who pipped Trevor Bayliss of Kolkata Knight Riders by a small margin.
Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper, was deemed the greatest Indian batsman of IPL. Kohli has made 5,412 runs at a strike-rate of 131.61 across 169 innings in the cash-rich event.
(With PTI inputs)
