And ahead of the match, the former India captain was felicitated at the MA Chidambaram stadium in front of the buoyant CSK crowd. Former BCCI president N Srinivasan felicitated Dhoni with a special laminated poster that had ‘Thala 200’ written over it.
Dhoni becomes the first player to captain 200 games in IPL for a single franchise, as the veteran has captained Chennai Super Kings and Rising Pune Supergiants during his IPL career. He started his career in 2008 with CSK and after 16 years of the tournament, he still remains the numero uno of the Chennai-based franchise.
And as the stalwart has presented with the accolade, Twitter and social media platforms erupted with joy, lauding the CSK captain for this amazing achievement. Here are the best of Twitter reactions-
Former CSK player and Dhoni’s teammate Suresh Raina took to Twitter and congratulated Dhoni for his achievement.
Congratulations on your 200th IPL match as a captain @msdhoni for @ChennaiIPL. So proud of your achievements, keep rocking as always brother! 🙌 #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/6h20CPGF3G
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) April 12, 2023
Here is the highlights of MS Dhoni getting felicitated-
MS Dhoni felicitation. pic.twitter.com/k2YNUXhRwk
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 12, 2023
Dhoni received the special 200 memento from N Srinivasan for his amazing achievement.
A special memento for MS Dhoni for completing 200 matches as a captain in IPL for CSK.#IPL #IPL2023 #TATAIPL #TATAIPL2023 #ChennaiSuperKings #MSDhoni #Dhoni #ThalaDhoni #WhistlePodu #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/d5LyiO6ik8
— MS Dhoni 7781 #MSDhoni #IPL2023 (@msdhoni7781) April 12, 2023
MS Dhoni was elated to survive for so long as CSK captain, and will be hoping to round that off with a victory on Wednesday.
#MSDhoni‘s first reaction on leading #CSK for 200 times.
🗣️ “It feels good to have survived for so long.”
He has explained while playing at #Chepauk is like playing in Switzerland now.https://t.co/R05TYK4XYY
— myKhel.com (@mykhelcom) April 12, 2023
Here are some of the stats and facts as Dhoni leads his team to the field in IPL for the 200th time-
MS DHONI for CSK in IPL :
– 200 Matches as Captain
– 120 wins
– 4430 Runs
– 40.37 Average
– 151 Dismissals
The legend of all time ❤️🔥🙏#WhistlePodu #IPL2023 @MSDhoni #CSKvRR pic.twitter.com/qecljbvcLv— Durgesh Singh Mertiya 🚩🇮🇳 (@DurgeshsMertiya) April 12, 2023
