MS Dhoni has become the sixth Indian to score 7000 runs in the IPL. Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan and Robin Uthappa are the only Indians to have achieved this feat in T20 cricket. Dhoni needed 15 runs in the match to achieve this feat. Dhoni set the record with 16 runs. Dhoni has played 349 T20s, including internationals. He has scored 28 half-centuries. There are no centuries in the name of the star. Dhoni came to the crease following Shiv Dubey was out. He was later found shot.
Avesh Khan hit an offside six and a four in the over. The sixes and fours were born in successive balls in the 19th over. In the last ball of the CSK innings, Dhoni reached the 7,000 club. The team scored 210 runs. West Indies superstar Chris Gayle leads the way in T20I runs. He has scored 14562 runs in T20s. Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik is in second place. In third place is Kieron Pollard. In fourth place is Australian Aaron Finch. Dhoni has also made it to this list.
At the same time, Dhoni’s performance this season is reminiscent of his heyday. The first half-century of the last three seasons was born out of Dhoni this season. Dhoni’s half-century came in his first match in the IPL. However, Chennai lost the match to Kolkata. In the second match, CSK’s batting line-up performed well once morest Lucknow but lost. It was Evin Lewis’ lightning strike that led Lucknow to victory. Despite the defeat, Dhoni’s form has been a relief to Chennai this season.
