Dhoni: Oldest to achieve the man of the match award in IPL..!?

Naturally, in cricket, people of this age retire after about seven to eight years. That is, after the age of 35, the energy in cricketers wanes. Then the form and eyesight decrease. Due to this, they become veterans, unable to score runs. Naturally, at this age, cricketers become veterans and appear in commentary boxes. Or they do shows and commentaries in front of TVs. 43 years... At this age, some former cricketers retire and become match officials (umpires, referees). And some promising ones like ravi shastri participate in post-match presentations and give Man of the Match awards. But mahendra singh dhoni became the captain of the team again at the age of 43.
 Not only that, now he has also become the Man of the Match. In the match between chennai Super Kings and lucknow Supergiants on Monday, the old finisher in dhoni came out. dhoni, who scored 26 runs in 11 balls, became the Player of the Match. In this process, he rewrote the league record of 2014. dhoni is now 43 years old. By becoming the latest Man of the Match, he became the oldest player to win the award in the history of IPL. Previously, in 2014, praveen Tambe won the Man of the Match award while playing for rajasthan Royals against kolkata Knight Riders. At that time, he was 42 years and 208 days old. dhoni has now surpassed this.
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Sowmiya Sriram

15/04/2025 03:59 PM