“MS Dhoni Will Ask What Difference It Makes?” Virender Sehwag On ‘IPL Milestone’ | Cricket News

India and Chennai Super Kings Legend MS Dhoni reached a brand new milestone on Monday as he went previous 5000-run mark within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Though there are seven batters forward of Dhoni within the record of top-scoring batters within the league, none had executed so nicely batting on the quantity the wicket-keeper batter does. While the brand new milestone was an enormous speaking level for followers, former India cricketer Virender Sehwag does not really feel such milestones matter quite a bit to Dhoni.

In a chat on Star Sports, Sehwag stated that he does not really feel Dhoni can pay a lot heed to the milestone, though it’s a large achievement.

“If you ask MS Dhoni, he will ask what difference it makes, whether he has scored 5000, 3000 or 7000 runs, the important thing is to win the trophy, which he has done. I don’t think he goes after or thinks about milestones.”

“I was also like that. Who knows how many runs have been scored but it is true that these numbers are remembered later. When you retire, it is remembered that this player scored so many runs in the IPL,” he added.

Dhoni achieved this landmark throughout CSK’s second IPL 2023 match towards Lucknow Super Giants on the dwelling enviornment of MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Dhoni entered the sport within the nineteenth over and hit two successive sixes earlier than Mark Wood dismissed him. It was Ravi Bishnoi who took an excellent catch whereas the batter tried to hit his third straight six over quick third man.

Now in 236 matches, MS has scored 5,004 runs at a median of 39.09. He has scored 24 half-centuries in his IPL profession, with the very best rating of 84*. His runs have come at a strike price of over 135.53.

He can also be the seventh-highest run scorer in IPL historical past. He is behind stars like Virat Kohli (6,706 runs), Shikhar Dhawan (6,284 runs), David Warner (5,937 runs), Rohit Sharma (5,880 runs), Suresh Raina (5,528 runs) and AB de Villiers (5,162 runs).

With ANI inputs