MS Dhoni is the first and only wicket keeper batsman to score more than 4000 runs in IPL. (Photo Source - IANS)
The 11th season of Indian Premier League was a special one for MS Dhoni both as a batsman and captain. Under Dhoni's leadership, Chennai Super Kings clinched their third IPL title and first since 2011. Throughout the season, Dhoni led from the front on the ground his captaincy was brilliant and all his decisions paid off and batting wise 2018 IPL season was his best.
List of all the records made and broken by Mahendra Singh Dhoni in Indian Premier League 2018 :
13 - MS Dhoni has played 13 T20 finals - the joint most T20 finals played by an Indian player along with Suresh Raina (13).
Most T20 finals played by Indian players -
13 - MS DHONI
13 - Suresh Raina
10 - Ravichandran Ashwin
9 - Rohit Sharma
33 - Number of stumpings effected by MS Dhoni in IPL - the most by any wicket keeper in IPL history.
Most stumpings in IPL -
33 - MS Dhoni
32 - Robin Uthappa
30 - Dinesh Karthik
18 - Wriddhiman Saha
150 - Win against SRH in the final was MS Dhoni's 150th win as a captain in T20 cricket and he is also the only captain to win 100 or more T20 matches as a captain.
Most wins as a captain in T20 cricket -
MS DHONI - 150
Gautam Gambhir - 98
Darren Sammy - 84
Shoaib Malik - 65
Rohit Sharma - 63
219 - Number of dismissals effected by MS Dhoni as a wicketkeeper in T20 cricket - the most by any wicketkeeper in T20 cricket.
Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in T20 cricket -
MS DHONI - 219
Kamran Akmal - 215
Kumar Sangakkara - 202
Dinesh Karthik - 194
255 - MS Dhoni also became the first player to play 250 or more T20 matches as a captain.
Most matches as captain in T20 cricket -
MS DHONI - 255
Gautam Gambhir - 170
Darren Sammy - 169
Kumar Sangakkara - 111
Brendon McCullum - 109
4016 - MS Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper and the overall eighth player to score 4000 runs in the IPL, he has scored total 4016 runs at an average of 40.16 in 175 matches with 20 fifties.
6032 - During IPL 2018 MS Dhoni also achieved the 6000 T20 runs milestone and he became the 5th Indian player to achieve this feat.
Most T20 runs by Indian players -
Suresh Raina - 7823
Virat Kohli - 7625
Rohit Sharma - 7316
Gautam Gambhir - 6402
MS DHONI - 6032
