The defending champion Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have started their journey on a high note. They have won seven out of ten matches and have 14 points in their name. Most of the win came on the back of a strong performance from the captain MS Dhoni. Their last game against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) was one such game where MS Dhoni almost pulled off the game, coming when his side was struggling at 28/4 at 5.5 overs in their 162-run chase. He took the game to the final ball of the over where he took 24 runs in the first five but unfortunately missed the last ball; where a quick brilliance from Parthiv Patel handed Bangalore a nail-biting 1 run win.
Though Chennai lost the game, MS Dhoni made some records with his 48-ball 84* knock.
4 – MS Dhoni scored 20+ runs four times in the final over in the IPL; which is the most by any player. Earlier it was Rohit Sharma who had scored thrice. Dhoni surpassed him while scoring 24 runs off Dale Steyn in 2014 against SRH for CSK while batting first. Later, he did twice in 2016 for RPS. Once against Dwayne Bravo of Gujarat Lions for 20 runs and the other against Kings XI Punjab’s Axar Patel, taking 22 runs for a winning cause.
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24 – MS Dhoni smashed 24 runs in the last over during their 163-run chase against Bangalore; which is the most in the final over of an IPL run chase. Earlier it was 22 runs, which collected by three different players, including Dhoni as well. He scored 22 runs in 2016 for Pune. They needed 23 runs in the final over while one run came in as wide. Rohit Sharma scored 22 runs in 2009 in their 26 runs scored while David Miller scored 22 runs in 2015 for KXIP against SRH.
84* – MS Dhoni surpassed his own highest T20 score while smashing an unbeaten 84 off 48, earlier it was 79* which also came against the Kings XI Punjab for a losing cause in 2018.
203 – MS Dhoni smashed his 200th six in the game while he hit off Navdeep Saini in the penultimate over. He even became the first Indian and third player to hit 200 IPL sixes. Chris Gayle tops the chart with 323 sixes while AB de Villiers is the second with 204.
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412 – MS Dhoni scored 412 IPL runs against RCB at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. With this score, he became the second highest run scorer in the IPL by any player at the opponent’s place. Chris Gayle placed at the top with 428 IPL runs against the KKR at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
4044 – MS Dhoni completed his 4000 IPL runs as captain when their chase against RCB. However, Dhoni became the first ever player to score 4000 runs in IPL as captain.
