Kolkata: As Ravindra Jadeja opted to stand down as captain of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the upcoming India Premier League (IPL) 2022, MS Dhoni stepped back into the role. CSK’s spell as captain didn’t go as planned, as they suffered consecutive losses, dropping them to the bottom half of the IPL 2022 Points Table.
With Dhoni’s comeback as captain, he stands a good chance of breaking some records with the bat. After Virat Kohli, the former Indian captain needs 6 more runs to become only the second skipper in T20 cricket to score 6000 or more runs.
Dhoni has 5994 runs at an average of 38.67 in 301 matches (185 innings), with 23 fifties. The right-hand hitter scored 8 runs off 7 balls against SRH in his debut match as CSK’s captain.
Kohli tops the list with 6451 runs at an average of 43.29 in 190 matches, including 5 hundreds and 48 fifties (185 innings).
Rohit Sharma, the captain of Team India and the Mumbai Indians (MI), follows Kohli and Dhoni. Rohit has amassed 4721 runs with a strike rate of 30.05.
Dhoni’s next IPL match is against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday, and it would be intriguing to see whether he can achieve the milestone.
