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IPL nuggets: Dhoni smashes T20 world record
One of the finest cricketers to ever play the Gentleman’s Game, MS Dhoni continues to break records even at the age of 41.
The Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni surpassed Quinton de Kock’s previous record of 207 catches to become the leading catch holder behind the stumps in T20 cricket.
Up against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 match on Friday, Dhoni smashed T20 cricket ‘world record’ as he went on to become the wicket-keeper with the most number of catches in the shortest format of the game.
Dhoni and De Kock were tied at the No. 1 spot before the match started, with both taking a total of 207 catches in T20 cricket.
After Dhoni grabbed the catch of Aiden Markram on the bowling of Maheesh Theekshana in the match, he went past De Kock to make the numero uno spot solely his own.
Dhoni isn’t the only Indian in the top 5.
The duo of MS Dhoni and Quinton De Kock are being closely followed by Royal Challengers Bangalore wicket-keeper Dinesh Karthik.
Karthik has 205 catches to his name, finishing as only the third wicket-keeper to have more than 200 catches in T20 cricket.
- 208 – MS Dhoni
- 207 – Quinton de Kock
- 205 – Dinesh Karthik
- 172 – Kamran Akmal
- 150 – Denesh Ramdin
In the match against the Sunrisers, Dhoni also produced a stumping effort and a run-out.
In total, the 41-year-old veteran of the game was directly involved in three different dismissals in the game.
The Super Kings produced a brilliant effort with the ball, limiting the SunRisers to just 134/7 in 20 overs.
Ravindra Jadeja was the superstar with the ball for the 4-time champions, bagging three wickets for 22 runs in the match.