He is the sixth Indian player to reach this milestone.
,Vinay Kumar
Former Chennai Super Kings (CSK) captain and current wicketkeeper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) scored 16 runs in the match played against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on the night of last Thursday, March 31. In this innings, he completed 7000 runs in T20 cricket of his career. He is the sixth Indian player to reach this milestone. Let’s know about the remaining 5 greats.
Dhoni’s brilliant half-century in the first match of IPL 2022
MS Dhoni scored the best half-century against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the first match of Chennai Super Kings in the new season of IPL 2022. Although CSK was defeated in that match, Dhoni had definitely won the hearts of his crores of fans with his batting. Last Thursday, LSG captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first. Batting first, CSK scored 210 runs for 7 wickets and set LSG a target of 211 runs to win. In reply, LSG won the match by 6 wickets with 3 balls to spare. In this match, LSG’s swashbuckling batsman Evin Lewis, who played a brilliant innings of 55 runs in 23 balls, was adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’ (IPL 2022). Batting in the first innings of this match, MS Dhoni scored 16 runs in 6 balls and completed 7000 runs in T20 cricket in his career.
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The match played on Thursday night saw an interesting clash between Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants. MS Dhoni, the former captain of CSK, came into the field after a long time holding the bat. When he came to the crease, only 10 balls were left to play. But, in the short innings itself, his bat hit 2 fours and 1 six.
Dhoni sixth Indian to score 7000 runs
In total, 7000 runs have now been completed in the name of MS Dhoni in international and T20 leagues. He has scored 7001 runs in 349 T20 matches played so far. Dhoni’s best score in T20 cricket is 84 not out. Dhoni played and created records for CSK, Team India, Jharkhand and Rising Pune Supergiants (RPSG).
Dhoni’s 7000 runs in T20 cricket
- 4687* runs for CSK in IPL
- 1617 runs for Team India
- 574 runs for Rising Pune Super Giants IPL
- 123 for Jharkhand
Virat Kohli is the king of runs in T20
At present, Virat Kohli is the highest run-scorer in T20 cricket by the Indian batsman. Virat has scored a total of 10326 runs in this format. Not only Indian but also Virat Kohli is the fifth batsman in the world in the list of highest run scorers. Chris Gayle is at the top of this list with 14562 runs.
Indian batsmen who have scored 7000 runs in T20 cricket
- Virat Kohli: 10326 runs
- Rohit Sharma: 9936 runs
- Shikhar Dhawan: 8818 runs
- Suresh Raina: 8654 runs
- Robin Uthappa: 7070 runs
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni): 7001 runs