Latest News :- In the 33rd match of the ongoing IPL 2024 T20 cricket series on April 19, Lucknow defeated defending champion Chennai by 8 wickets. In the match held in Lucknow, Chennai, batting first, set the target of 177 runs with the help of Ravindra Jadeja's 57*, Rahane's 36 and Moeen Ali's 30 runs.

Chasing this, captain KL Rahul scored 82 runs and Quinton de Kock scored 54 runs and won easily in 19 overs. In this way, Chennai suffered a severe blow and registered its third defeat in 7 matches. However, the only consolation for CSK fans in this match was the batting of the legendary MS Dhoni.

Dhoni's feat: Dhoni, who had previously captained India in 3 different ICC World Cups, was not seen as an opponent by many fans in Lucknow. Especially in the stadium in Lucknow where the match took place, a large number of fans wore yellow clothes and supported the CSK team.

The Lucknow ground looked like a sea of ​​fans wearing yellow jerseys that made one wonder whether it was Lucknow or Chepakkam. When Dhoni came to bat, the fans supporting him gave a thunderous welcome of 124 decibels. Amidst the welcome, Dhoni hit a four on the very first ball of the match and entertained the fans by hitting a six over the head of the second keeper.

With the same speed, he hit 3 fours of 6, 4, 2, 4 along with a 101 meter long six in the last over and scored 28* (9) runs. Including those 28 runs, Dhoni has so far scored 5023* runs as a wicketkeeper in the IPL series. Through this, Dhoni has also created a historical record of becoming the first wicketkeeper to score 5000 runs in the history of IPL.

Ahead of him as a wicketkeeper is Tamil Nadu player Dinesh Karthik who has scored 4369 runs and is in second place. Apart from this, Dhoni became the first player to score 500 runs in the IPL series after the age of 40. After him is Chris Gayle who has scored 481 runs after the age of 40.