MS Dhoni created history at Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, and became the first wicketkeeper in the world to achieve this feat.

Posted on 20th Apr 2024 11:58 am by rohit kumar

Former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni created history on Friday by playing an aggressive unbeaten inning of 28 runs in the 34th match of IPL 2024. At the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow, 42-year-old Dhoni scored an unbeaten 28 runs in just 9 balls with the help of three fours and two sixes.

 

MS Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper-batsman to complete 5000 runs in IPL. On the strength of MS Dhoni's innings, CSK scored 176 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. However, MS Dhoni's innings was not enough for CSK as Lucknow Supergiants achieved the target by losing two wickets in 19 overs.

 

MS Dhoni defeated ABD

MS Dhoni achieved another feat during his unbeaten inning of 28 runs. He reached sixth place in terms of scoring the most runs in IPL. Dhoni scored 5169 runs in 257 matches. He left AB de Villiers (5162) behind. Apart from CSK, Dhoni represented other teams in 30 matches in the 2016 and 2017 seasons.

 

Dhoni's new record

MS Dhoni has become the first player in IPL who has scored more than 500 runs in IPL after the age of 40. The record of scoring most runs in IPL after the age of 40 was earlier held in the name of Chris Gayle, who scored 481 runs.

 

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