The Indian Premier League (IPL) will be back with its 2024 edition on March 22. The opening game will be between the defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. MS Dhoni will be seen as CSK’s skipper again while Virat Kohli, who has been out of cricketing action since January 2024, will also take the field.
Both legends have made vital contributions to make IPL arguably the most successful league in the world. Kohli is currently the leading run-getter in the league with 7263 runs in 237 matches at a strike rate of 130.02, with seven tons and 50 half-centuries while Dhoni also holds a plethora of captaincy and wicketkeeping records. In the upcoming competition, eyes will be set on both eminent players so before witnessing the T20 extravaganza, let’s talk about five Dhoni’s feats that Virat Kohli can’t shatter in the 2024 IPL edition.
Here are four MS Dhoni records Virat Kohli can’t break in the 2024 IPL
4. Most matches as a player
Both Kohli and Dhoni have been active in IPL since 2008. Dhoni became the apple of CSK’s eyes in the maiden IPL auction held in Mumbai after guiding India to the title win in the 2007 T20 World Cup while Kohli was serving Delhi in domestic cricket before joining RCB.
The stumper-batter has played 14 seasons for CSK while Kohli has spent all his IPL career in the Challengers’ side. Following Chennai’s two-year ban due to betting activities in 2015, Dhoni also donned the Rising Pune Supergiant (RPSG) jersey for two seasons. In these years, he has shown up in 250 games while Kohli has appeared in 237 games for Bangalore.
Dhoni currently tops the chart for most matches in IPL while Kohli is holding the fourth spot on the table. In the upcoming IPL season, it will become unlikely for Kohli to break Dhoni’s record of most matches in the league if the CSK skipper plays the first half of the season.
