Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday night added one other feather to his extremely illustrious cap as he took the sector for the two hundredth time because the captain of Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Dhoni achieved the feat in opposition to the continuing Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals on the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.
Notably, Dhoni has now develop into the first-ever captain in T20 cricket to lead a single facet or franchise in 200 video games. Virat Kohli, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore, stands second with 128 appearances as captain for the franchise.
Dhoni, who has performed 207 matches within the IPL, has featured for CSK within the event and Champions League T20. Under Dhoni’s management, CSK have received 120 matches and misplaced 77.
Last week, Dhoni performed his two hundredth recreation for CSK when he took the sector in opposition to Punjab Kings. In one recreation, Suresh Raina had captained CSK within the 2012 Champions League T20.
The former India captain additionally represented Rising Pune Supergiants (RPS) 30 IPL matches within the 2016-17 seasons when CSK was serving a two-year ban from the cash-rich league.
The 39-year-old, who has led CSK to three IPL titles, is on the eighth spot within the record of main run-getters in IPL, with 4,632 runs
Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson received the toss and elected to bowl first in opposition to CSK.
Both the groups are enjoying with unchanged XI after successful their respective final video games. Interestingly, CSK and RR each misplaced their opening match of the season.
Teams:
Chennai Super Kings: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Faf du Plessis, Moeen Ali, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Curran, MS Dhoni(w/c), Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar.
Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson(w/c), Shivam Dube, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Chris Morris, Jaydev Unadkat, Chetan Sakariya, Mustafizur Rahman.
