Now less than 10 days are left for the start of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Chennai Super Kings won the IPL 2021 title under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The year 2022 is believed to be Dhoni’s last IPL. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether he can give Chennai Super Kings a second consecutive title under his leadership or not.
At the same time, the command of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has been out of the title led by Virat Kohli, is in the hands of Faf du Plessis this time. After becoming the captain, he had said that he cannot adopt the captaincy style of Virat Kohli. In such a situation, it will also be interesting to see whether RCB will be able to do what they could not do in the last 14 years.
Talking about Virat Kohli, he is the only player in the history of IPL to play all the seasons for the same franchise. Apart from Virat, there are only 7 other players who have played or are going to play all the seasons of the tournament. That is, the teams have also been selected for IPL 2022. The special thing is that out of 8 such players, 4 are wicket-keeper batsmen. At the same time, there are some such names in this list, which may surprise you. Take for example the name of Wriddhiman Saha. Saha is more famous as a player of Test cricket than T20.
Virat Kohli: Virat Kohli has played 207 matches in IPL so far. He has played all these matches for RCB. In this he has scored 6283 runs at an average of 37.39 and strike rate of 129.94. This includes his 5 centuries and 42 half-centuries.
Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma He has played 213 matches in IPL for Mumbai Indians and Deccan Chargers. In this, he has scored 5611 runs at an average of 31.17 and a strike rate of 130.39. This includes his 1 century and 40 half-centuries.
Shikhar Dhawan: Shikhar Dhawan has played 192 matches in the IPL for Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings. In this he has scored 5784 runs at an average of 34.84 and strike rate of 126.64. This includes his 2 centuries and 40 half-centuries.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni: Wicket-keeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played 220 matches in IPL for Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Super Giants. In this he has scored 4746 runs at an average of 39.55 and strike rate of 135.83. This includes his 23 half-centuries.
Dinesh Karthik: Wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik has played 213 matches in IPL so far for Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Lions and Kolkata Knight Riders. In this he has scored 4046 runs at an average of 25.77 and strike rate of 129.72. This includes his 19 half-centuries.
Robin Uthappa: Wicket-keeper batsman Robin Uthappa has played 193 matches in IPL so far for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Pune Warriors India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings. In this he has scored 4722 runs at an average of 27.94 and strike rate of 130.15. This includes his 25 half-centuries.
Wriddhiman Saha: wicket keeper batsman wriddhiman saha He has played 133 matches in IPL so far for Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Gujarat Lions. In this, he has scored 2110 runs at an average of 24.53 and strike rate of 128.73. This includes his one century and 8 half-centuries.
Manish Pandey: Manish Pandey has played 154 matches in IPL so far for Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Pune Warriors India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Supergiants. In this, he has scored 3560 runs at an average of 30.68 and strike rate of 121.83. This includes his one century and 21 half-centuries.