Chennai Super Kings: Chennai Super Kings team defeated Punjab Kings by 28 runs. By registering victory in this match, CSK team has reached third position in the points table. Ravindra Jadeja performed amazingly for Chennai against Punjab. He performed amazingly with bat and ball. It was because of him that Chennai Super Kings team was successful in winning the match. In the same match, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has made a big record with his fielding.
Dhoni made this record
Mahendra Singh Dhoni came to bat at number 9 in the match against Punjab Kings. But he became a golden duck on the ball of Harshal Patel. Then while fielding, he took the catch of Jitesh Sharma on the ball of Simarjit Singh. With this, Dhoni has become the only player in the history of IPL to take 150 catches. Before him, no player had been able to take 150 catches in IPL. Dhoni has taken 146 catches in IPL as a wicketkeeper and four catches as a fielder. Dinesh Karthik is at number two in this list. He has taken 144 catches, out of which he has taken 136 catches as a wicketkeeper and 8 catches as a fielder.
Players who took most catches as a player in IPL:
150 – MS Dhoni (146 as wicketkeeper, 4 catches as fielder)
144 – Dinesh Karthik (136 catches as wicketkeeper, 8 catches as fielder)
118 – AB de Villiers (90 catches as a fielder, 28 catches as a wicketkeeper)
113 – Virat Kohli
109 – Suresh Raina
Scored so many runs in IPL
Mahendra Singh has been playing in IPL since 2008. He has won many matches for Chennai Super Kings team on his own. He is counted among the great finishers of the world. So far, he has scored 5192 runs in 261 IPL matches, which includes 24 half-centuries.
CSK won the title five times
Under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, CSK team has won the IPL trophy five times. But he left the captaincy of CSK even before this season. In his place, Chennai Super Kings team has made Ruturaj Gaikwad the captain. In IPL 2024, the team has won 6 out of 11 matches. At the same time, it has faced defeat in five matches.
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