IPL 2024: MS Dhoni created history, broke AB de Villiers' record

CricketInfoBlog Team 5 months ago 2 min read

Became the only Indian player to score 5169 runs as a wicketkeeper.
He scored a record 28 runs in 9 balls in the match.
Dhoni is the sixth highest run scorer in IPL

Former Chennai Super Kings captain Thala i.e. Mahendra Singh Dhoni may be 42 years old but his passion for cricket has not diminished. This is the reason why MS Dhoni is making new records even at this age. His amazing batting continues in IPL 2024. Dhoni has also created a new record against Lucknow Super Giants in Lucknow on Friday.

Became the player to complete 5000 runs as a wicketkeeper

MS Dhoni has become the only Indian player to complete 5000 runs as a wicketkeeper in IPL. With this, he has now become the highest run scorer as a wicketkeeper in IPL. He has made this new record by scoring 28 runs in 9 balls. Along with MSD, South Africa's legendary batsman AB de Villiers has also broken his record.

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AB de Villiers has scored 5162 runs in IPL

It is noteworthy that AB de Villiers has scored 5162 runs in IPL. Dhoni has left him behind. Dhoni has scored 5169 runs in 223 innings of 257 matches. AB de Villiers was till now the only wicketkeeper to complete 5000 runs as a wicketkeeper in IPL. Now Dhoni has also joined this list. With this, Dhoni has also become the batsman who has scored the most runs at the age of 40. He has scored more than 500 runs. In this matter he broke the record of Chris Gayle. Who has scored 481 runs.

Sixth highest run scorer in IPL

MS Dhoni has now reached sixth position in terms of scoring most runs in IPL. Above Dhoni are Suresh Raina (5528 runs), Rohit Sharma (6508 runs), David Warner (6563 runs), Shikhar Dhawan (6769 runs) and Virat Kohli (7624 runs).

A short but effective innings

Dhoni is in great form these days. He has played brilliant innings one after the other. Although his bat is playing small innings this season, it is proving to be quite effective. His strike rate in seven matches is more than 255. In the match played against Lucknow Super Giants, he hit 3 fours and 2 sixes in 9 balls. Scored 28 unbeaten runs at a strike rate of 311.11. Seeing this excellent form of Dhoni, there is a demand for him to play in the T20 World Cup to be held in June.