Mahendra Singh Dhoni has set the precedent of playing in every edition of the IPL since 2008 by taking the field against Gujarat Titans. In that match, the veteran cricketer came close to touching a new milestone by scoring 14 runs in 7 balls, 1 four and 1 six. In their second match on Monday night, he entered the field as the eighth batsman with five balls to spare. Out of it, he played 3 balls and scored 12 runs in 2 sixes. A new milestone has been reached through this. Mahi became the seventh batsman in the history of the IPL to reach the milestone of 5000 runs. His total runs are now 5004. Strike rate 135.53. Average 39.09. 24 half-centuries but no centuries. Highest personal tally unbeaten 84. Dhoni has played a total of 236 matches in all IPL tournaments for Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Super Giants.

He got a chance to bat in 208 innings. He was not out in 80 innings. Virat Kohli is at the top of this list with 6 thousand 706 runs after playing 224 matches. Kohli is followed by Shikhar Dhawan (6244), David Warner (5937), Rohit Sharma (5880), Suresh Raina (5528), and AB de Villiers (5162). Chennai Super Kings won by 12 runs in Dhoni’s milestone match. At the home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai batted first and collected 217 runs for the loss of 7 wickets with the innings of Rituraj Gaikwad’s 57 and Devon Conway’s 47 runs. Lucknow Super Giants did not fall short. In response, they lost 7 wickets and stopped at 205 runs.

Moeen Ali of Chennai Super Kings was the man of the match with 19 runs with the bat and 4 wickets for 26 runs with the ball.