Mahendra Singh Dhoni is considered one of the best captains in the world of cricket. Under his leadership, Team India won three ICC trophies. Mahi has proved his captaincy skills in the IPL as well and has enabled Chennai to lift the coveted IPL trophy thrice.
Once again under the captaincy of Dhoni, CSK is going to play the final of IPL for the 9th time. He will also hold the record for being the oldest player and captain in the IPL to play in an IPL final. With this IPL final, Dhoni has also become the most successful captain in IPL history.
Oldest Captain in IPL
Dhoni has overtaken many captains in this matter. He entered the qualifiers at the age of 40 years and 95 days. Tomorrow (Friday) when he enters the IPL final (IPL Final 2021), his age will be 40 years and 100 days. Rahul Dravid made a record in 2013 by playing IPL matches at the age of 40 years and 133 days.
Captaincy record in 200 matches
MS Dhoni has become the first player to captain in 200 IPL matches. Along with this, he has also made a record of being associated with a franchise for a long time. He has captained most of the matches in the IPL and no one has come close to him in this matter.
Won IPL trophy thrice
Dhoni won the IPL trophy in 2010, 2011 and 2018. Not only this, Chennai has also been runner-up five times. In 2008 he played the final but could not win. She was also the runner-up in 2012, 2013. She missed the title again in 2015 and could not win the title in 2019. Looking at Dhoni’s IPL captaincy record of 202 matches, he has won 120 matches and lost 82 matches. One match that was played ended in a draw.
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