Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been in good form with the blade and that poses a big threat for Mumbai Indians when the two teams face each other in a titanic Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the MA Chidambara Stadium on Friday.
Dhoni’s CSK currently lead the IPL charts with 16 points and a win for them will all but confirm their place in the play-offs. As for Mumbai, if they come out victorious in this clash, they will displace high-flying Delhi Capitals from the second spot.
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Chennai will once again rely on their talismanic skipper to power them into the knock-out stage of the competition and stats suggest he has been in rich form in the ongoing edition of the IPL. In seven matches Dhoni has scored 314 runs in 7 innings at a staggering average of 104.66, which is by far the highest for any player in the competition.
Dhoni also takes the third spot in the list of most runs scored by a middle-order batsman in this season. The CSK skipper is only behind Kolkata Knight Riders’ Andre Russell and Delhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant.
{{/usCountry}}Dhoni also takes the third spot in the list of most runs scored by a middle-order batsman in this season. The CSK skipper is only behind Kolkata Knight Riders’ Andre Russell and Delhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant.
{{/usCountry}}Also, Dhoni is the one of the five players in this IPL who has hit more sixes than fours (minimum 5 sixes hit). He has hit as many sixes as fours, and his 6s:4s ratio of 1.00, which is the fifth best this season. So, expect some fireworks when Dhoni comes out to bat in this clash.