Dhoni completes 100 wins as CSK captain

The much debated 13th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) kick started in United Arab Emirates on Saturday (Sep 19) with the clash between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings. Chennai Super Kings who were without some of their star players, comfortably emerged victorious in the tournament opener!

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In the first match of IPL 2020, Mumbai Indians got to a good total of 162/9 in their 20 overs having opted to bat first. Chennai, in reply, chased down the target with four balls to spare and five wickets in hand. Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran emerged out to be their match winners with crucial contributions in the game!

Mahendra Singh Dhoni doing warm-up ahead of the IPL 2020 opener. Image credits: DNA India

With this 5-wicket victory over the defending champions, Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed 100 wins as captain of the Chennai Super Kings franchise. He is the only captain thus far in the history of the IPL tournament to register as many victories as captain. Overall, Dhoni has 105 wins as captain in IPL with the other five victories as captain of Rising Pune Supergiants in 2017.

Player	Franchise	Wins
Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Chennai Super Kings	100
Gautam Gambhir	Kolkata Knight Riders	61
Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians	60
Virat Kohli	Royal Challengers Bangalore	49

Dhoni who is captaining Chennai Super Kings since the inaugural edition of IPL in 2008, also holds the record for highest win percentage as captain! As captain in IPL, Dhoni has a win percentage of 61.88 (in 160 matches) followed by Sachin Tendulkar (58.82 in 51 matches) and Rohit Sharma (57.69 in 104 matches). Sachin captained Mumbai Indians (MI) between 2008 to 2011 while Rohit Sharma is the current captain of MI having taken up the mantle in the year 2013.