Andre Russell believes MS Dhoni is the most popular cricketer in the world. Image source: BCCI/IPL
legendary west indies all-rounder Andre Russellwho has been with Kolkata Knight Riders Having been playing in the IPL since the 2014 season, he took to Instagram on Monday (April 8) to share a picture of himself with MS Dhoni In the caption of the post, he said that the former India and CSK captain is the most popular cricketer in the world.
Russell got to experience first-hand Dhoni’s huge fan following during Monday’s match. indian cricket league 2024 The match between CSK and KKR is played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. After Dhoni batted for CSK in the 138-run chase, the Chennai fans made so much noise that Russell had to cover his ears with his hands. A video of Russell reacting to Dhoni’s enthusiastic welcome from the crowd has gone viral on the internet.
After the CSK-KKR IPL 2024 match ended in which the defending champions won by seven wickets, Russell got a chance to chat with Dhoni on his way back to the pavilion and then, followed up with his impressions of the star wicketkeeper-batsman After being impressed, he reposted a photo on Instagram with the caption: “I would easily consider this man to be the most popular cricketer in the world.”
Here is Andre Russell’s Instagram post for MS Dhoni:
Dhoni remained unbeaten with three wickets against the Cavaliers.
The victory over KKR in the third home match of IPL 2024 was CSK’s third win in five matches so far. The Men in Yellow are fourth with six points. CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad topped the list with a score of 67 runs off 58 balls on Monday. During his stay at the crease, he hit nine fours.
The fifty helps Gaikwad become the second CSK captain after Dhoni to score a fifty in the IPL chennai super kings. Apart from Dhoni and Gaikwad, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja are also leading the Chennai-based franchise in the cash-rich league.
Monday’s 67 runs also helped Gaikwad surpass Ambati Rayudu’s 1,932 runs to become the team’s fourth-highest scorer in the cash-rich league. Gaikwad has won 1932 matches out of the 57 matches he has played so far.
Suresh Raina (4,687), Dhoni (4,547) and Faf du Plessis (2,721) are the only three Biru in the world’s richest franchise cricket league Thuraj scored more runs than any batsman.