CSK vs MI: MS Dhoni vs Rohit Sharma, know who is the better captain of IPL?

Shivam Bangwal September 19, 2021

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CSK vs MI: MS Dhoni vs Rohit Sharma, know who is the better captain of IPL?

Chennai vs Mumbai: From today onwards, once again in the Mahakumbh of league cricket, there will be a spectacular view of the ball and the bat in the IPL. The first match of the second half of IPL 2021 will be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians at Dubai International Cricket Stadium from 07:30 pm today. There is also an important match with the team, who is the better captain between Dhoni of Chennai and Rohit of Mumbai.

Dhoni Jahan is known for his cool nature on the field. At the same time, Rohit is known for his control as a captain in difficult situations. If we talk about this year, then once again these two captains are in the title race. After the first half of the IPL played in India, where Chennai is in second place in the points table, Mumbai is currently at the fourth place in the race for knock out.

Dhoni is ahead of Rohit in terms of win percentage

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has so far led CSK in 195 matches of IPL, out of which 115 matches In this he has won. Dhoni has a win percentage of 59 per cent in IPL. At the same time, under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have played 123 matches, out of which they have won 72 matches. Rohit has a win percentage of 58.5 per cent in IPL. In this case, Dhoni is correct by a small margin but looks better than Rohit. Also, Dhoni is the only captain in the history of IPL who has won more than 100 matches for his team.

Rohit leads with five IPL trophies

Talking about the IPL trophy, Rohit has captured it five times so far. Rohit is the most successful captain in terms of winning the title of IPL tournament. Rohit has won this title in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. If Mumbai is successful in capturing the title this year too, then another record will be added to Rohit’s name. Rohit will become the first captain in the history of IPL to win three consecutive titles.

On the other hand, if we talk about Dhoni, he has won the IPL title three times. Under Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK won the IPL title in 2010, 2011 and 2018. However, under Dhoni’s captaincy, CSK have finished in the top 4 in all the IPL seasons except 2020. This is a statistic that tells how strong the team of Chennai is under Dhoni’s leadership.

Dhoni is the best in batting

MS Dhoni has played 171 innings for CSK in the IPL as a captain. Dhoni is at number two in the list of players who have scored the most runs in the league as a captain. Dhoni has scored 4379 runs as captain at an average of 41.70. RCB’s Virat Kohli is at number one in this list. Wherein Rohit Sharma has played 122 innings for Mumbai as a captain in the IPL. In which he has scored 3275 runs at an average of 30.60. Rohit is at the fourth position in the list of highest run scorers in the league as a captain.

Now it will be interesting to see who is the better captain between Dhoni and Rohit in today’s match. Happens.