Indian Premier League has been one of the biggest cricket sporting leagues in the world since its inception in 2008. It’s really hard for any new player to play every single edition of the Indian Premier League. Some players played ipl matches from the beginning. Every cricket lover loves to watch ipl matches in India and follows their favorite player. But many people do not know who played most ipl matches of all time. Here are the top 5 players who played the most matches in ipl of all time.
1. MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni is one of the leading batsmen from the Indian cricket team, and his teammates call him ‘Captain Cool.’ He is known for his aggressive batting style and power-hitting abilities in ipl, which has helped him win titles for his team. He is one of the best and most successful captains and players in ipl history. He also played ipl league from the beginning of ipl. He is played 219 ipl matches till now and has become the first most ipl matches played player in the history of ipl. He is played for two teams in ipl: Rising Pune Supergiant and CSK. But mainly, he is known as a CSK skipper.
2. Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma has been a part of the Indian premier league since 2008. He is known for his great batting abilities and consistency when scoring big runs in ipl. He has played 213 ipl matches until now and has become the second most ipl player in history. He plays for Mumbai Indians as a batsman and as a full-time captain.
Before Mumbai Indians, he was one of the ipl winning team Deccan Chargers players, who won the ipl title in 2009. He has scored 5611 runs in ipl in 213 matches with one century and 40 half-centuries. Whenever Mumbai Indians played the IPL final match in his captaincy, they always won because his leadership ability in knockout matches is greater than another captain. He never lost a single ipl final as a caption.
3. Dinesh Karthik
Dinesh Karthik is also part of the Indian premier league since 2008. He is known for his great batting and wicket-keeping skills in ipl. He has played 213 ipl matches until now and has become the third most ipl player in history. He plays for six teams as a wicket-keeper batsman. The six teams are Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gujarat Lions, and Kolkata Knight Riders. He is also doing captaincy in ipl for the team of KKR. He scored 4046 runs with 19 fifties in his ipl career till now in the 213 matches. His high score in ipl is 97 runs, and he is also great in wicket keeping.
4. Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli is one of the great batsmen from the Indian cricket team and RCB. He is known for his aggressive batting style and well-time hitting abilities in ipl, which helped him win many matches for his team. He is one of the best players who play for a single team, Royal Challengers Bangalore as a player, and after some time, he became the captain of the RCB team. In ipl 2022, he played for the RCB team because he left the captaincy for some reason.
He also played for the RCB team as an opener batsman and Chris Gayle in some matches. He is the first player who played 207 matches for a single team. With RCB, he makes many records and breaks many records with his batting ability. He scored five centuries till now, and also he is the second player who scored the highest centuries in ipl and the first player who scored highest centuries in single ipl edition, which is four.
5. Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina is one of the popular Indian cricket and IPL players who have played 205 ipl matches till now and become the fifth most ipl played player in history. He plays for CSK as a batsman and also captain for Gujrat Lions. As a player, he won one of his first ipl matches with Chennai Super Kings in 201o. He is well known as MR IPl because he scored almost 400 hundred runs in every edition he played for CSK before 2018.
His high score in ipl is 100 that, come in 2013 ipl edition and till now he scored 5528 runs in his ipl career with one hundred and 39 fifties. He is also a part-time bowler and a good fielder. He took 25 wickets in his career, and his best bowling figure is 2/0, which comes in the 2011 ipl edition.