Mahendra Singh Dhoni is counted among the most successful captains in the Indian Premier League (IPL), under whose leadership Chennai Super Kings has won the trophy 5 times. During this time, Dhoni’s batting has also been impressive, in which he has been seen playing the role of a match finisher for the team very well in the last overs. In any format of cricket, a batsman does not want to get out without opening the account, in such a situation, if we look at the list of players who have batted in more than 150 innings in the history of IPL, then Dhoni’s name has been returned to the pavilion for a duck the least number of times. Record is recorded. In comparison, the records of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are worse than Dhoni.
Dhoni has returned to the pavilion for a duck only 5 times in IPL history so far.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has so far batted in 218 innings of 250 matches in the IPL, during which he has scored 5082 runs at an average of 38.79, in which his strike rate was 135.92. Dhoni also has 24 half-century innings in his name, while he has returned to the pavilion unbeaten 87 times. During this period, Dhoni has returned to the pavilion on a duck without opening his account in only 5 innings. After this, the name of Kieron Pollard is at second place in the list, who was out 5 times without opening the account in 171 innings. Whereas Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa returned to the pavilion after getting out for duck only 8-8 times during their IPL career.
Rohit and Kohli have returned to the pavilion so many times till now.
If we look at the records of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in returning to the pavilion on duck in IPL history, both have been seen in double digits. Rohit has so far returned to the pavilion after being out for a duck 16 times in 238 innings of IPL, while Virat Kohli has returned to the pavilion 10 times in 229 innings in IPL without opening his account. Whereas Rohit has remained not out only 28 times during this period, Kohli has returned to the pavilion not out 34 times so far in IPL history.
The 17th season will start from March 22
The 17th season of IPL will start from March 22, in which the first match will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the stadium in Chepauk. Regarding Dhoni, there is a possibility that this could be his last IPL season in which he can be seen playing. If we look at Dhoni’s record as captain in IPL till now, he has won 133 times in 226 matches, while facing defeat in only 91 matches.
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