After being out of Gaikwad due to a hairline fracture in the elbow, CSK tweeted a tweet in which he wished him a quick recovery. CSK wrote on his X account, “Ruturaj Gaikwad is out of this season due to a hairline fracture in the elbow. MS Dhoni will lead the team. Get well soon, get Rutu!”
Prior to the CSK match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday, April 11, Head Coach Stephen Fleming updated on Dhoni’s return as Dhoni’s captain. Dhoni will lead CSK for the first time after the final of IPL 2023, where Super Kings defeated Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, we will tell you how MS Dhoni has figures as captain.
MS Dhoni’s figures as captain in IPL
226 – M.S. Dhoni holds the record of captaining the most matches in the IPL. He is one of the two players captaining more than 200 matches. Rohit Sharma (226), Virat Kohli (158) and Gautam Gambhir (143) are ranked second, third and fourth in the list respectively.
133 – MS Dhoni (133) holds the record for winning the most matches as IPL captain. Rohit Sharma is the second (87), followed by Virat Kohli (66) and Gautam Gambhir (71).
216 – MS Dhoni has the record for the most sixes in IPL. He tops the list with 218 sixes, followed by Virat Kohli (168), Rohit Sharma (158) and David Warner (109).
195 – MS Dhoni has the record for the most hunting by wicketkeeper in IPL. He has hunted the most behind the wicket 195 times. It is followed by the number of Dinesh Karthik (174), Wriddhiman Saha (113) and Rishabh Pant (99).
59.37 – MS Dhoni’s win percentage is 59.37 among all IPL captains. Rohit Sharma (56.32) and Gautam Gambhir (55.42) are the other captains to win 50 percent. These figures belong to the players captaining more than 50 matches.
2 – MS Dhoni is second in the list of most runs scorers as IPL captain, who has scored 4660 runs in 226 matches. Virat Kohli is at the top scoring 4994 runs in 143 matches at an average of 41.96. Dhoni and Kohli are the only captain of IPL to score more than 4000 runs.
2 – MS Dhoni is one of the two captains who successfully defended his title in the IPL, he achieved in 2010 and 2020. Later, Rohit Sharma achieved this feat in 2019 and 2020.
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