The opening match of the Dream11 IPL 2020 makes history as it crosses over 20 crore mark globally in terms of viewership. The opening match was played between the defending champions Mumbai Indians and the mein in yellow Chennai Super Kings.
Thank you, India 🇮🇳 and 🌏🌎🌏. It's been a dream start to #Dream11IPL. We've recorded highest ever TV & DIGITAL viewership in IPL history
200 million viewership – #MIvCSK@ChennaiIPL @DelhiCapitals @lionsdenkxip @KKRiders @mipaltan @rajasthanroyals @RCBTweets @SunRisers
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) September 22, 2020
The Chennai Super Kings were the better side on the day as they emerged victorious over the defending champions.
The secretary of BCCI also took the liberty to announce the unbelievable number of viewers on his official twitter handle.
Total viewership on @StarSportsIndia and @DisneyPlusHS.@starindia @ThakurArunS @BCCI
— Jay Shah (@JayShah) September 22, 2020
The match was indeed special as MS Dhoni marked his return to cricket after announcing his retirement from international duty. The men in yellow got better of the Mumbai indians and won the match by 5 wickets.
The Chennai Super Kings really had a bad run against the Mumbai Indians as they lost the previous 5 matches against the franchise. However, with this victory under the leadership of Dhoni, they have marked 100 wins under the name of the captain.
It’s been 437 days since MSD has been out of cricket as he played the last match against new zealand in the semi final of the world cup 2019.
The captain cool announced his retirement from international cricket on 15th of August 2020.