Dhoni Creates Record Of Playing Most Matches In IPL

In the 14th match of IPL 2020, Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke another record. Playing against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Dhoni became the highest appearing player in the IPL history with 194 matches. He broke the record of 193 appearances that was earlier held by his teammate Suresh Raina. For his 194 IPL matches played, Dhoni has represented two franchise in the tournament: Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Supergiant. Raina congratulated Dhoni and stated that he was happy that Dhoni broke his record. Besides, Dhoni has scored 4523 runs with an average of 42.66 and, currently, he stands at 7th position in the tally of highest run-getters. Dhoni also became the first captain in IPL to win 100 matches after Chennai defeated Mumbai in IPL 2020 opener. However, in the latest match played against Sunrisers on October 2, Chennai lost by 7 runs. It was CSK's third consecutive defeat this season.