Dubai, October 15: Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday (October 15) achieved yet another major milestone in his illustrious cricketing career as he became the first player in world cricket to captain a team in 300 T20 games across various competitions.
The moment MS Dhoni walked into the middle for the toss in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 final against Kolkata Kight Riders at Dubai Cricket Stadium, he achieved this huge feat.
The 40-year-old former India captain, playing his 10th IPL final (ninth for CSK as captain), has led the 'Yellow Brigade' in 214 games across 12 editions that they have taken part out of the 14 IPL seasons.
He has also led Rising Pune Supergiants during one IPL season apart from leading India in six T20 World Cups. The legendary wicketkeeper-batsman's crowning glory would certainly be leading India to the maiden T20 World Cup title in South Africa back in 2007.
Before that tournament, India had played only one T20I in 2006 in South Africa of which Dhoni was a part. "It's been a long time. We started T20 in around 2005-06 and most of the games have been franchise cricket and in the last five years there have been a lot of T20 games in international cricket as well," Dhoni said at the toss.
West Indies' two-time T20 World Cup-winning captain Darren Sammy is second in the list, who has led a team in 208 games. Apart from leading West Indies in T20Is, Sammy has also captained various T20 franchises. Interestingly, both Dhoni and rival captain Eoin Morgan are playing their 347th T20 game.
Earlier in the day, Morgan won the toss and invited Dhoni and his band to bat first in the summit clash. Both the teams are playing with an unchanged side.