Captaincy is one of the most difficult jobs to pull off in the cricketing world and doing it for a longer period requires a lot of temperament. However, the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper, MS Dhoni managed to pull off such a daunting task in the game against RR captaining CSK for the 200th time and receiving a guard of honor for it.

Chennai Super Kings are locking horns against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the 17th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 at the Chepauk. However, even before the commencement of the game, it became special as MS Dhoni was set to achieve a historic record in terms of captaincy. He became the only captain to lead an IPL side for 200 matches turning a league game into a milestone fixture.

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Also, MS Dhoni is way ahead in terms of captaining most matches in IPL with 214 games as the skipper under his belt while Rohit Sharma is second in the list with 146 fixtures. Thus, to pay tribute to his special achievement, his teammates displayed a brilliant gesture. Just when CSK walked into the ground, the players decided to make it a special fixture for Dhoni with their act.

Here is the video the felicitation ceremony:

 

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Sisanda Magala, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Akash Singh

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Rajasthan Royals (Playing XI): Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (c & wk), Devdutt Padikkal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jason Holder, Kuldeep Sen, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa

Near the boundary ropes, they paid guard of honor to the former Indian skipper and their act won the hearts of many netizens.

MS Dhoni felicitated with a momento on his 200*th IPL match as captain 😍#dhoni #CSKvsRR#Thala200 pic.twitter.com/IhudRGRZ4N

— Abhishek Raj (@__AbhishekRaj__) April 12, 2023

Dhoni 200 !!
Viewership spiked to 1cr on a week day 🚀🚀#ipl #Dhoni #JioCinema
#CSKvsRR pic.twitter.com/vgMkata2cS

— Cma.Partha (@partha_cma) April 12, 2023

MS Dhoni felicitated with a momento on his 200*th IPL match as captain 😍#CSKvsRR#IPL2023 #cskvsrr #CSKvsRR #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/WVMSF5OTU9

— 👑🫵 MSD 07 🫵👑 (@itz_Satyam777) April 12, 2023

Dhoni is 🐐no doubt but itna hi bol dete hai Commentators ki #TATAIPL2023 #dhoni200 #cskvsrr pic.twitter.com/xeC7wNh4gH

— khel ka bhukhar (@cric_ka_fever) April 12, 2023

° MS Dhoni is the Only captain to captaining 200 matches for a single IPL franchise in history – The GOAT.

©KBcric pic.twitter.com/QSd0OBlwm9

— ° ©ric (@CricWithKB) April 12, 2023

200 matches as captain of Chennai Super Kings. Dhoni Thala 💛 #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/StRdWjEL1A

— BaTa Faisal ( محترم ) (@BataFaisal159) April 12, 2023

MOST MTS AS A CAPTAIN#DHONI 200* #CSK pic.twitter.com/IRKJyL1QUv

— 𝚂 𝙴 𝚅 𝙴 𝙽 ✯ (@sevensuns) April 12, 2023