MS Dhoni became the second cricketer to
play 200 matches for a single franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on
Wednesday. In the 49th match of IPL 2022, Dhoni joined former Royal Challengers
Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli to achieve this rare milestone when he
walked into the toss for CSK’s match against RCB. Dhoni is also the leading
run-scorer for CSK against RCB.

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In the history of IPL, Dhoni played 230
matches. However, 30 of those matches came in the Rising Pune Super Giants
jersey when CSK were banned from IPL in 2016 and 2017.

Kohli, meanwhile, holds the record for
playing the most number of matches for a single franchise in IPL. Since the
inception of IPL 2008, Kohli played 218 matches for Royal Challengers Bangalore
(RCB).

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For CSK, no other players came close to
Dhoni’s tally of 200 matches. Suresh Raina, who went unsold in the mega
auction, played 176 matches for CSK. Ravindra Jadeja, who recently gave up his
captaincy a few days back, has played 142 matches so far.

Overall, Dhoni leads the chart for playing
the most number of matches in IPL. He is followed by Dinesh Karthik, who played
224 matches in six jersey colours. Rohit Sharma, who played for now-defunct Deccan
Chargers before moving to Mumbai Indians, is third on the list with 222
matches.

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Kohli is fourth on the chart with 218
matches. Ravindra Jadeja is the next cricketer on the list with 210 matches.
Apart from CSK, he played for Kochi Tuskers, Gujarat Lions and Rajasthan
Royals.

In terms of runs, Kohli is the king of the
table with 6486 runs. Sikhar Dhawan (6153), Rohit Sharma (5766), David Warner
(5713), and Suresh Raina (5528) followed him.

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With 4886 runs, Dhoni is ninth on the list.
He has maintained an average of 39.40. He faced 3600 balls.