** Why MS Dhoni is the best Indian Player in IPL history **

A SHORT THREAD :

Most Player of the match awards as Indian player

Rohit - 18 (inng 201)

Dhoni - 17 (inng 186)

- POMA per innings

Dhoni = 10.94

Rohit = 11.16

MS takes less no of innings to win a POMA in comparison to Rohit. Dhoni never batted > 3 while Rohit has been opening since IPL 2013.

Master of the death overs (17 to 20)

- Most runs in death overs

Runs 2,334 | SR 189.0

Batting stats in Chepauk (17 to 20)

Runs 675 | SR 185.4

** In all IPL venues, Chepauk is considered to be toughest to bat specially in the death overs **

Performance vs Purple Cap Winners in year in which they won Purple Cap

Total runs - 137

Total balls faced - 81

Total SR - 169.1

Top 5 Indian scores of IPL vs most economical bowlers (min 50 wickets)

1 ) Average

MS Dhoni - 62.75

Virat Kohli - 55.45

Shikhar Dhwan - 30.31

Suresh Raina - 29.41

Rohit Sharma - 25.4

(1/2)

2) Strike Rate

MS Dhoni - 125.9

Suresh Raina - 117.42

Virat Kohli - 113. 81

Shikhar Dhawan - 107.4

Rohit Sharma - 98.49

(2/2)

As a CAPTAIN

Titles - 3
Finals - 8
Playoffs - 10

- Highest win % captaining one franchise (more than 50 matches)

Dhoni as a CSK captain

M - 181
W - 110
Win % - 60.77

As a WICKETKEEPER

M - 211
Dismissals - 153
Cs - 114
Stumpings - 39

Overall IPL career stats

M - 211
Runs - 4,668
SR - 136.6
Dismissals - 153
Cs - 114
Ss - 39
POMA - 17
Titles - 3
Playoffs - 11
Finals - 9

MS DHONI overall contributions as a Wicketkeeper & Batsman and Captain makes him the best Indian player in IPL history.

Strike Rate against all types of pacers in IPL

During 2008-15:
Dhoni - 151.17
Rohit - 149.22
Raina - 143.84
Kohli - 124.75
Dhawan - 123.83

During 2016-20:
Dhoni - 154.14
Kohli - 144.22
Raina - 141.06
Rohit - 137.07
Dhawan - 133.58

*correction

ROHIT is opening in IPL since 2014