MS Dhoni turned the clock back in his first outing with the bat in this IPL 2024. Chennai Super Kings might have fallen short of the target set by Delhi Capitals in Vizag on Sunday, but Dhoni made sure everyone in the stadium got their money’s worth.
Earlier DC had decided to bat first and thanks to fifties by David Warner and Rishabh Pant, posted 191/5 in 20 overs. Matheesha Pathirana took 3/31 for CSK.
In reply, CSK openers failed for the first time in this tournament and though Ajinkya Rahane (45) and Daryl Mitchell (34) tried to bring CSK back into the game, the asking rate went beyond their grasp. But in the death overs, Ravindra Jadeja with 21*, and especially MS Dhoni with 37* in 16 balls, gave the fans a show.
Dhoni in particular was impressive, hitting 4 fours and 3 sixes in his knock as CSK made 171/6 and lost by 20 runs.
During this while, Dhoni took down a few records while he entertained the crowd in Visakhapatnam with his stupendous display of strokeplay.
Here are the records that MS Dhoni made in the CSK vs DC clash:
IPL 2024: WATCH – MS Dhoni entertains fans with some of his trademark shots during DC-CSK clash
5000- MS Dhoni became the first designated wicketkeeper to score 5000 or more runs in the history of IPL. Dinesh Karthik (4233), Robin Uthappa (3011), Quinton de Kock (2812), and Rishabh Pant (2737) follow in the elite list.
7000 – MS Dhoni became the first Asian batter to score 7000 runs as a designated wicketkeeper in T20s. Next in line are Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan (6962) and Kamran Akmal (6454).
Dhoni also became the third batter to get to the 7000-run landmark in T20s as a designated wicketkeeper after Quinton de Kock (8578) and Jos Buttler (7721).
100 – MS Dhoni became the first batter to hit 100 sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of an IPL innings. Kieron Pollard (57), AB de Villiers (55), Hardik Pandya (55), Andre Russell (51) and Ravindra Jadeja (46) follow in the list.
9 – MS Dhoni has scored 20 runs in an over in an IPL innings most times (9). Rohit Sharma (8), Rishabh Pant (6), Virender Sehwag (5), Yusuf Pathan (5) and Hardik Pandya (5) follow in the list.
6 runs- MS Dhoni is 6 runs away from scoring 5000 runs for CSK in T20 matches (IPL + Champions League (T20). The only other batter to achieve this feat is Suresh Raina, who made 5529 runs from 200 matches.
(India Today inputs)
