MS Dhoni: Reigning champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Gujarat Titans (GT) will lock horns with each other in the Indian Premier League 2024 clash at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday (March 26). Both teams have registered victory in their first match.
Chennai beat Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat defeated Mumbai Indians.
Former Chennai captain and veteran wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni will have a chance to create some special records in the match against Gujarat. Please note that Dhoni did not bat in the match against Bengaluru.
Dhoni can get ahead of Uthappa
As soon as he scores 2 runs, MS Dhoni will overtake Robin Uthappa and move to fifth place in the list of Indian players who have scored the most runs in T-20. Dhoni has scored 7271 runs in 331 innings of 377 games played in this format. Meanwhile, Uthappa, who has retired, had scored 7272 runs in 282 innings of 291 T-20 matches.
On the threshold of defeating Raina
Dhoni can surpass Suresh Raina in the list of players who have hit the most sixes in T-20 for India. Currently, Dhoni and Raina are jointly at third place with 325 sixes. In this list, Rohit Sharma (487) is at first place and Virat Kohli (371) is at second place.
Highest fifty plus scores as a wicketkeeper
If Dhoni scores a half-century, then as a wicket-keeper batsman, he will become the player with the highest score of fifty plus in the IPL. At present, Dhoni is jointly at first place with KL Rahul in this list. Currently, both of them as wicket-keeper batsmen have scored 24-24 fifty plus scores in this tournament.