MS Dhoni Records at Vizag: Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come to the field to bat only once in IPL 2024. But this one inning of his is gaining a lot of headlines. Mahi played this innings in CSK's third match against Delhi Capitals. In other words, Dhoni's batting is making more noise than Delhi Capitals' victory. Only Mahi-Mahi is heard everywhere. All this is happening because of his unbeaten inning of 37 runs on just 16 balls. Along with this inning, Mahendra Singh Dhoni also made many records in his name in Visakhapatnam.
Which records did Dhoni add to his bag?
Captain Cool i.e. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who made four new records in his name in Visakhapatnam. First record, became the first Asian wicketkeeper to complete 7000 runs in T20. Second record, Dhoni has scored the most 20 or more runs in an over among Indians. Third record in Dhoni's name, becoming the first wicketkeeper batsman to complete 5000 runs in IPL. And the fourth record, becoming the first batsman to complete 100 sixes in IPL in the 19th and 20th overs.
7000 runs
MS Dhoni became the first Asian batsman to score 7000 runs as a wicketkeeper in T20. The names of Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan (6962) and Kamran Akmal (6454) appear in this list.
One over – 20 runs
MS Dhoni has scored 20 runs in an over 9 times in an innings of IPL, which is the highest number of times. He scored 20 runs in the last over of Anrich Nortje. The names of Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Virender Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan and Hardik Pandya are included in this list. Rohit Sharma has scored 8 runs, Rishabh Pant has scored 6 runs, Virender Sehwag, Yusuf Pathan and Hardik Pandya have scored 20 runs 5 times each.
5000 runs
MS Dhoni has become the first batsman in the history of IPL to score 5000 or more runs as a wicketkeeper. The list includes Dinesh Karthik with 4233 runs, Robin Uthappa with 3011 runs, Quinton de Kock with 2812 runs and Rishabh Pant with 2737 runs.
100 sixes
MS Dhoni became the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of an IPL innings. Kieron Pollard 57, AB de Villiers 55, Hardik Pandya 55, Andre Russell 51 and Ravindra Jadeja are included in this list with 46 sixes.
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