5 IPL teams MS Dhoni loves playing against

It is worth noting that the Chennai-based franchise has never changed its captain-- MS Dhoni in the 12 years of IPL.

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5. Kings XI Punjab

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MS Dhoni of Chennai Super Kings in action. (Photo by: Surjeet Yadav/IANS)

Whenever fans talk about MS Dhoni’s IPL career, two of his innings against Kings XI Punjab will pop up first. During IPL 2010, Chennai Super Kings needed a victory against Kings XI Punjab to stay alive in the competition and the Mohali-based franchise posted a big score of 192 runs on the board. It seemed like Chennai would lose the match however, Dhoni played a knock of 54 runs to guide his team home.

He played merely 29 balls in that innings and on that night, the fans witnessed a new aggressive avatar of the CSK captain. The other game where Dhoni blew away Punjab was during a fixture between Rising Pune Supergiant and KXIP. Dhoni did the unthinkable by scoring 22 runs off the final over against Axar Patel to avoid Pune from an eighth-place finish.

The Ranchi-born cricketer has scored 595 runs in 21 innings against Punjab which includes five fifties and a best score of 79*. His strike rate rises to 155.76 while playing against the Preity Zinta-owned franchise which reflects that he loves to bat against KXIP.

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