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MS Dhoni

In the IPL, MS Dhoni has scored 5,439 runs (strike rate 137.45, average 39.13) . Ranks #7 on the all-time run list.

Batting

Runs
5,439
Strike rate
137.45
Average
39.13
High score
84
InnsRunsBalls4s6s50s100s
241 5,439 3,957 375 264 24 0

MS Dhoni — from The IPL Story

The captaincy tree: the leaders who shaped the IPL

Two captains — MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma — own five IPL titles apiece, and the rest of the tournament's identity was drawn by the leaders around them.

Ice in the veins: the great IPL finishers

The IPL's most valuable job is not scoring the most runs — it's finishing, the craft Dhoni defined and Kieron Pollard, Andre Russell and Rinku Singh have each pushed to a new extreme.

The Dhoni dynasty: how CSK became the IPL's constant

Chennai Super Kings just won their fifth IPL crown, and the story is always the same one — MS Dhoni's stillness, a core that never leaves, and a franchise that survived even a two-year ban to keep winning.

El Clásico of the IPL: CSK vs Mumbai Indians

No two teams define the IPL like Chennai and Mumbai — ten titles between them, four finals contested, and a Dhoni-versus-Rohit subplot that has decided the biggest nights the league has staged.

IPL 2023

Ten off two, past midnight: Dhoni's fifth arrives on the reserve day

Needing ten off the last two balls of a final that had already survived a washout and a reserve day, Ravindra Jadeja struck six then four to beat Gujarat Titans by 5 wickets and hand MS Dhoni a fifth IPL crown, level with Mumbai Indians.

IPL 2018

Return from exile: CSK's 'dad's army' wins it at the first attempt

Two years in exile, a squad written off as a 'dad's army', a home ripped away by protests — and still Chennai Super Kings came back and won it, beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets as Shane Watson hammered an unbeaten 117.

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Source: Computed by the CricketLogic engine from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data. Last updated 2026 season.