Chennai Super Kings (CSK) veteran wicketkeeper batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) during the IPL 2024 match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Friday (April 19). There will be a chance to make a special record in the competition. Dhoni has scored 59 runs in 4 innings so far this season, in which his best score has been 37 not out.

Close to surpassing AB de Villiers

If Dhoni scores 22 runs in this match, he will surpass AB de Villiers and reach sixth position in the list of players who have scored the most runs in IPL. Dhoni has so far scored 5141 runs in 222 innings of 256 matches. De Villiers has 5162 runs in his name in 170 innings of 184 matches.

250 sixes in IPL

If Dhoni (245 sixes) is successful in hitting five sixes, he will become the second player from India and the fourth overall to hit 250 or more sixes in the IPL. In the list of players who have hit the most number of sixes in this tournament, only Chris Gayle (357), Rohit Sharma (275), AB de Villiers (251) and Virat Kohli (248) are ahead of Dhoni.

Let us tell you that Chennai has won four out of the six matches held so far. However, out of these, Chennai has played 3 matches on its home ground. Chennai is currently at third position in the points table.