7 Records That Only MS Dhoni Has Achieved In IPL

MS Dhoni has played a total of 190 matches in the IPL so far. During this time, he has scored 4,432 runs with an excellent average of 42.40. His strike rate in the IPL is 137.85. Besides, he has scored 23 half-centuries in the cash-rich league.

MS Dhoni has made a plethora of records in the IPL so far while representing Chennai Super Kings (CSK).

Today, we’ll tell you about those 7 records in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) that only MS Dhoni has been able to achieve.

MS Dhoni: 7 Records That Only He Has Achieved In IPL

Most Dismissals In IPL

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has kept wickets in 183 matches out of the 190 matches in the IPL. In those 183 matches, he has made a total of 132 dismissals. He is the wicketkeeper with the most dismissals in IPL history.

Dhoni has taken a total of 94 catches and 38 stumpings behind wickets.

Although Dinesh Karthik is not far behind as he also has a total of 131 dismissals to his name in IPL but currently, the record holder is MS Dhoni.

M0st Games Won As A Captain In IPL

As a captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the most matches in IPL history. He has won a total of 104 matches as captain in the IPL. He has so far won 99 games for Chennai Super Kings under his captaincy.

At the same time, he has also won five matches under his captaincy for now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiants.

In this way, he is the captain to win the most matches to his team in the IPL. He has also made CSK win the IPL title thrice since he took over as the captain.

Most Stumpings In IPL History

Dhoni also holds the record for most stumpings in IPL history. Dhoni is number one in this case with 38 stumpings. Dinesh Karthik, who is in the second place, has effected 30 stumpings in IPL so far.

MS Dhoni can stump out batsmen at lightning-quick speed. Once during a match between India and Australia, Dhoni took just 0.09 seconds to stump out George Bailey.

Most Appearances In The Final As A Player

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the player with the experience of most final games in the IPL. He has played nine of the 12 IPL finals so far and during this time he has also won the IPL 3 times. Dhoni has played in 8 finals for Chennai Super Kings. At the same time, he has also played a final for the Rising Pune Supergiants.

Out of the eight finals played for Chennai Super Kings, he has won three of them. At the same time, he could not win the final that he played for Pune Supergiants. In this case, after Dhoni, Suresh Raina grabs the second spot, who has played eight final matches in IPL.

Most Matches As A Captain In IPL History

MS Dhoni is also the player with the most number of matches as a captain in IPL history. He has led his team in a total of 118 matches in the IPL. He has captained 104 matches for Chennai Super Kings. At the same time, he has also captained 14 IPL matches for Pune Supergiants.

He has won 99 out of 104matches for CSK under his captaincy. At the same time, he has won five out of the 14 matches for Rising Pune Supergiants.

Most Runs As A Batsman In The 20th Over

MS Dhoni is widely regarded as one of the best finishers of cricket who takes the game to the last ball. His batting style in the death overs of the match is something that every cricketer aspires to achieve.

In his 15-year long career, we have witnessed many times when he has won a game in the last over.

In the IPL too, there have been many instances when in the final over, he finished the match by his stormy batting and won the game for his team. Even in the IPL, he has scored a total of 564 runs in the 20th over.

Kieron Pollard, who is second place in this list with 281 runs has not scored even half of the runs that Dhoni has.

Scored A Half-Century In Five Different Batting Positions

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored at least one half-century in whatever batting position he has played in the IPL so far.

Dhoni used to play at number three and four in his initial days in the IPL and during this time he has played many big innings at these positions.

However, most of his half-centuries have come playing at numbers five and six. He has also scored a half-century while playing at number seven in the 2013 IPL final.

Dhoni is the only batsman in IPL history to bat in five different places and score a half-century.

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