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MS Dhoni became the first player to reach 200 dismissals in IPL history during the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Chennai Super Kings.
MS Dhoni reached 201 fielding dismissals, the most in IPL history. (Image: AP)
The legendary MS Dhoni created history once again in the Indian Premier League with his stumping to dismiss Ayush Badoni in the match between Lucknow Super Giants vs Chennai Super Kings in Lucknow on Monday.
Dhoni became the first man to hit 200 dismissals in the tournament’s history. He already holds the record, having been well ahead of Dinesh Karthik, who is his closest competitor at 182 dismissals. The stand-in skipper reached the record thanks to his stumping to get rid of Ayush Badoni off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling.
Interestingly, Rishabh Pant also finds himself on the list after making his debut in 2016. After almost a decade-long stint with the Delhi Capitals, where he was eventually promoted as the captain, the wicketkeeper-batter has found a new home in the Lucknow Super Giants and seems to have found his touch as a captain.
Speaking of Dhoni, he is currently leading the Chennai Super Kings for the rest of the season after Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the season due to an elbow injury. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK suffered a crushing loss at home against KKR and will look to bounce back against LSG.
| Most Fielding Dismissals Made In IPL History | |||||
| Sl No | Name | Dismissals | Catches (WK) | Catches (F) | Stumpings |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 200 | 150 | 4 | 46 |
| 2 | Dinesh Karthik | 182 | 137 | 145 | 37 |
| 3 | AB de Villiers | 126 | 28 | 118 | 8 |
| 4 | Robin Uthappa | 124 | 58 | 92 | 32 |
| 5 | Wriddhiman Saha | 118 | 87 | 92 | 26 |
| 6 | Virat Kohli | 116 | 0 | 116 | 0 |
| 7 | Suresh Raina | 109 | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 8 | Ravindra Jadeja | 106 | 0 | 106 | 0 |
| 9 | Kieron Pollard | 103 | 0 | 103 | 0 |
| 10 | Rishabh Pant | 102 | 76 | 79 | 23 |
He went on to add to his tally with a skier when he took the catch off Matheesha Pathirana’s bowling to get rid of Rishabh Pant, who scored a smashing knock of 63 in 49 balls. Chennai will finally stand a chance at taking the win thanks to them restricting LSG to a score of 166/7.
Asked to bat first, LSG lost two wickets in the powerplay thanks to some fine bowling by seamers Khaleel Ahmed and Anshul Kamboj, who picked up a wicket each in the first six overs.
Senior spinner Ravindra Jadeja finished with figures of 2/24 in three overs.
Brief Scores:
Lucknow Super Giants: 166/7 in 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 63; Ravindra Jadeja 2/24).
