New Delhi. It is said that age is just a number. In the IPL 2024 season, many players whose age is above 40 years or around are showing their magic. Some of these players are even challenging the young players with their performance. The oldest player of IPL 2024 is MS Dhoni who will turn 43 on July 7 this year. Dhoni, who made Chennai Super Kings champion 5 times under his captaincy, is seen as a player instead of a captain this time. The responsibility of leadership of the team has now been handed over to young Rituraj Gaikwad.
Apart from Dhoni, players like Mohammad Nabi, Amit Mishra, Faf Duplessis and Dinesh Karthik are also in the tournament who have crossed the 37 years mark. Dhoni and Karthik have already indicated that IPL 2024 will be their last season. It is believed that some other players who are 37+ will also not be seen in the next season of IPL.
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MSD is the most successful captain of IPL
MS Dhoni has been a part of the IPL tournament since its inception in 2008. Born in July 1981, Dhoni has been with Chennai Super Kings most of the time but after CSK was banned for two years in the spot-fixing case, he played for Royal Pune Supergiants in 2016 and 2017. In 2016, he was the captain of RPS but after the team finished sixth in this season, Steve Smith was made the captain of the team in place of Dhoni in the next season. So far in IPL, Dhoni has scored 5121 runs (24 half-centuries) in 255 matches at an average of 39.09, in which 84 not out is the highest score. As a wicketkeeper, he has taken 184 dismissals which include 142 catches and 42 stumpings. In the 3 innings of 5 matches of the 2024 season of IPL, he has scored 39 runs while remaining unbeaten all three times.
Batsman whose record remains intact even after two decades, scored a double century in the last test
‘Mishraji’ has the most hat-tricks in IPL
Right-arm wrist spinner Amit Mishra is the only bowler to take three hat-tricks in the IPL. 41-year-old ‘Mishraji’, the spin bowler of Lucknow Supergiants team, has not got a chance to play any match so far in the current season. This wrist spinner, who has been playing IPL since the first season i.e. 2008, has so far represented Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Supergiants and has taken 173 wickets in 161 matches at an average of 23.84 and is among the top 5 bowlers taking the most wickets in the tournament. Are in.
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Du Plessis had hit the most sixes in the last season
Faf du Plessis, the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2024, will turn 40 in July this year. Du Plessis (730 runs), the second batsman after Shubman Gill in terms of runs in IPL 2023, has hit the maximum number of 36 sixes. Were installed. However, his bat has been silent so far this season. RCB captain Du Plessis has so far scored 109 runs in 5 matches at an average of 21.8. Talking about the overall record in IPL, Du Plessis, who has been playing in this tournament since 2012, has so far scored 4242 runs in 135 matches playing for CSK, Royal Pune Supergiants and RCB, in which there are 33 half-centuries.
Test record of great all-rounder Kapil Dev which has not been broken even after 40 years
Saha is counted among the best wicketkeepers of the country
The cricket career of Gujarat Titans wicketkeeper batsman Wriddhiman Saha is also in the final stages. The current season for Saha, who is more than 39 years old, has not been special as a batsman. In four matches, only 76 runs have come to his account at an average of 19.00. Saha, one of the best wicketkeepers in the country, has also played for Punjab Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the past. This Bengal wicketkeeper batsman, who has been a part of the IPL team since 2008, has so far scored 2874 runs in 165 matches, which includes one century and 13 half-centuries.
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Prophet is useful with both ball and bat
Afghanistan’s all-rounder Mohammad Nabi turned 39 on January 1 this year. He is a member of Mumbai Indians team in IPL 2024. Nabi, who has been playing in IPL since 2017, has also been a member of the Sunrisers team. In his short IPL career of 18 matches, he has scored 180 runs and also taken 13 wickets. Played only one match in the current season in which he did not get a chance to bat. Despite bowling two overs in bowling, could not take any wicket.
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DK has played many unmatched innings in the role of finisher.
Wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has some of the best innings in the IPL. Keeping a high strike rate in the role of finisher, he has played these short but very important innings. DK, who was ‘buried’ under the shadow of MS Dhoni while playing for Team India, has been a part of the IPL team since the first season. In the current season, RCB team member Karthik has remained unbeaten twice in four innings of 5 matches and scored 90 runs at an average of 45 and strike rate of 173.07. In 247 matches of IPL, he has scored 4606 runs at an average of 26 and strike rate of 133.31, in which there are 20 half-centuries. Karthik, who completed 39 years on June 1, can retire from IPL after this season.
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Virat is ahead of ‘Gabbar’ in terms of runs
Left-handed batsman Shikhar Dhawan is the number two batsman in IPL in terms of runs. Only Virat Kohli has scored more runs in this tournament than ‘Gabbar’, who completed 38 years on December 5 last year. In the current season of IPL, Punjab franchise captain Shikhar has so far scored 152 runs in 5 matches at an average of 30.4. Shikhar has been playing IPL since 2008 and before Punjab Kings, he was a part of Delhi, Mumbai and Sunrisers. In 222 matches, he has 6769 runs in his name at an average of 35.25 and strike rate of 127.14, which includes two centuries and 51 half-centuries. (*Statistics up to 23 matches of IPL 2024)
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 10, 2024, 08:02 IST