MS Dhoni Craze: Data shows crowd noise peaking in IPL 2024 at this very moment | Cricket News

MS Dhoni’s fan following is boundless. The former India captain ended his international cricket career in 2020 and since then he has only played in the Indian Premier League, playing for the Chennai Super Kings. This means Dhoni fans have to wait for around ten months to see their favorite player in action. Even though fans have been rarely seen in the past three-four years, Dhoni’s craze has only increased with time. Research by the official television broadcaster of IPL 2024 also backs this up with some unique data.

Star Sports invented a technology that calculates the noise level of the crowd at different moments during a match and Dhoni occupied the top two spots.

According to the data, the highest noise level among the crowd was 130 decibels before Dhoni entered the MA Chidambaram Stadium for the Royal Challengers Bengaluru vs. Chennai Super Kings match. Reached before, the match happened to be the opener of the ongoing tournament.

Ranking jointly second on the list is the moment Dhoni hit four in the 17th over against Delhi Capitals. Audience noise during the game reached its peak at this time, setting a record of 128 decibels. Dhoni batted for the first time in IPL 2024 as he batted at number eight in the match.

Dhoni opened his account with 4 against Mukesh Kumar in DC. It was a short delivery and the former CSK skipper hit it towards the long leg boundary. Dhoni ended up scoring 37 runs off 16 balls, although he lost.

Dhoni’s entry has the highest DB in IPL 2024 on Star Sports.

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——Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 12, 2024

The other one at No. 2 is Royal Challengers Bangalore wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik who hit a six against Kings XI Punjab in the final over of the tournament in Bangalore.

In a tense chase, Karthik smashed Arshdeep Singh for six over the fine-leg fence. During the game, the noise from the spectators reached 128 decibels.