Including one other feather to his cap, Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) skipper MS Dhoni on Friday turned the primary captain to steer a facet in 300 T20 matches when he made his manner for the toss within the high-octane IPL 2021 ultimate in opposition to Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).
Other than Dhoni, Daren Sammy (208) is the one different participant to have captained groups in additional than 200 T20s. That is additionally the ninth IPL ultimate for Dhoni as a CSK chief.
“We began T20 in round 2005-06 and a lot of the video games have been franchise cricket and within the final 5 years, there have been a variety of T20 video games in worldwide cricket as nicely,” stated the previous India skipper on the toss about his historic feat. The 40-year-old has led CSK to 3 IPL titles in 2010, 2011 and 2018.
Dhoni retired from worldwide cricket in 2020 however had stepped down as T20I captain in January 2017. He captained the Indian crew in a complete of 72 T20Is, profitable 41 of those and shedding 28. Because the skipper of CSK, Dhoni has led the Yellow Brigade in 213 matches, profitable 130 and shedding 81. For a quick time period, he additionally captained Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) earlier than being changed by Steve Smith on the helm.
In complete, Dhoni had led RPS in 14 matches, profitable 5 and shedding 9. If CSK win tonight in opposition to KKR, then they are going to develop into the primary T20 franchise on this planet to win a title in three completely different many years. The Dhoni-led crew had first gained the IPL title in 2010 earlier than profitable it twice within the subsequent decade — 2011 and 2018.
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