MS Dhoni Records vs DC: Former CSK captain MS Dhoni turned back the clock in his first outing of IPL 2024 and clattered 37 unbeaten runs in only 16 deliveries against the Delhi Capitals.
Even as CSK lost the match by 20 runs in Vizag, the 42-year-old made the night of the fans and grabbed the headlines with his fireworks.
While Ravindra Jadeaj couldn’t even send full tosses to the boundary line, Dhoni clobbered 4 fours and 3 sixes in his brief stay, which helped CSK mitigate the net run rate damage.
Watch: MS Dhoni Hammers Anrich Nortje For 2 Sixes
Dhoni hadn’t batted in the first two CSK matches this season, but with his team being 120/6 in the 17th over while chasing 192, Thala came in the middle at number 8.
He pulled his first ball for a boundary off Mukesh Kumar, and then a ball later hit a fast drive for another four. Dhoni then launched Khaleel over the extra cover. The grand finish came in the last over, against the fiery Anrich Nortje, whom Dhoni smoked for two fours and two sixes, one of which was a one-handed powerful hit.
MS Dhoni created some records in his 37* (16) against the Delhi Capitals.
MS Dhoni Records vs DC:
- Dhoni became the first-ever Asian wicketkeeper to rack up 7000 runs in T20 cricket. As a wicketkeeper, Dhoni has amassed 7036 runs in T20 cricket; among designated keepers, only Quinton de Kock (8578) and Jos Buttler (7721) have more runs in the shortest format than MSD.
- Dhoni is the first wicketkeeper to score 5000 runs in IPL history.
- The finisher from Ranchi became the first-ever batsman to hit 100 sixes in the 19th and 20th overs in the IPL.
- Dhoni has scored 20 or more runs in the 20th over of the innings in the IPL six times. No other batsman has done it more than three times in the IPL.
Scoring 20 runs or more in the 20th over in IPL most times:
- 6 – MS Dhoni
- 3 – Rohit Sharma
- 3 – Marcus Stoinis
- 3 – AB de Villiers
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