MS Dhoni:  A look at the his captaincy record for CSK as he steps down

MS Dhoni: A look at the his captaincy record for CSK as he steps down

MS Dhoni has decided to hand over the leadership of CSK and picked Ravindra Jadeja to lead the team. Dhoni will continue to represent CSK this season and beyond

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Dhoni is one of the most successful captains, not only in IPL but in franchise cricket as a whole. Let us check out his captaincy records:

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has played as a captain in 204 IPL matches. Dhoni’s win percentage as the skipper of an IPL team is 59.60.

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His teams (CSK and RPSG) won 121 of those matches, while losing 82 games. One match did not provide a winner.

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CSK has won four IPL titles under Dhoni’s captaincy – in 2010, 2011, 2018 and 2021.

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Dhoni is one of the three Indian captains who have won more than one IPL title, with the other two being Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir

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Dhoni is the only player to have captained 200+ matches among the IPL franchises.

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