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Mahendra Singh Dhoni has aged and MS Dhoni has smashed numerous criticisms with his bat, including playing like a Test match
Despite being on the verge of failure, Dhoni has made it clear to the world at the age of 40 that he is a best finisher. At the end of the match, Dhoni was embraced by his teammates. But Captain Jadejao took off his hat and bowed to Dhoni to the applause of the fans.
The league match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, described as the L Classico of the IPL, was played in Navi Mumbai. Chennai won the toss and elected to bowl Chris Jordan, who last scored, was not on the squad this time. He was replaced by Pretoriaus and Mitchell Santner in place of Moin Ali.
‘Hitman’ tops Duck Out
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Rohit Sharma ducked out in the 2nd ball of the first over by Mukesh Chaudhary. This is his 14th time in the IPL. Rohit Sharma, who is hailed as the top batsman in the world, also has a bad history of being the most ducked out player in IPL history.
The Mumbai captain’s series has also hit the wreckage hard. Rohit, who has played in 7 matches so far, has scored just 114 runs. The average is only 16.28. Not even a fifty was available from his bat.
Apart from this, Ishant Kishan, who was auctioned for Rs 15.25 crore, shone only in the first 2 matches. He also ducked out in today’s game. He was followed by Surya Kumar Yadav (32) and Hrithik (25).
Chennai team emptied Pollard for 14 runs in a special field set on the advice of Dhoni. Tilak Verma, who played casually at the other end, was unbeaten on 51 till the last.
At the end of 20 overs, Mumbai added 155 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. CSK, who had stumbled in the bowling, controlled the run chase this time as they took key wickets in succession with precision attack.
Mukesh Chaudhary took a maximum of 3 wickets for Chennai.
Hot last over
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CSK set a target of 156 for victory. Ruthuraj ducked out on the first ball. Mitchell Santner also out for 11. Uthappa and Rayudu, who were paired for the 3rd wicket, started playing calmly. Rayudu was dismissed for 40 and Uthappa for 30. The players who came next also built the walk on short runs, and the game warmed up until the end. Chennai needed 17 runs to win the last over.
Pretorius, who made a good contribution to the batting, was unbeaten on 22 off 13 balls in the first ball of the last over. Now 17 off 5 balls. Bravo took a single to give Dhoni a strike, Chennai needed 16 runs off 4 balls.
Dhoni flew the first ball he faced in the last over for a six. The shock awaited again for Unadkat who tried to put the next ball slowly. Dhoni hit a bouncing ball for a four in the fine leg and scored 2 off the 5th ball. The last ball required 4 runs.
It’s the yorker ball that most batsmen miss. MS Dhoni smashed the Mumbai team’s dream of victory with a four, signaling that the last ball was not an order to the man who was named the best finisher. He struck out 28 off 13 balls with 1 six and 3 fours. In the history of the IPL, CSK has won the last ball 8 times during the chase.
‘I’m afraid to be Dhoni’
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Chennai Super Kings beat Mumbai Indians by 2 wickets in El Clasico
Mumbai have suffered a series defeat in 7 matches. Speaking after the match, captain Rohit Sharma said he thought the bowlers would retain the game even if they did not play well at bat. But how quiet Dhoni is. We know what he will do. We gave them crisis, but Dhoni and Pretoriaus remained calm and said victory was imminent.
CSK captain Jadeja, who later spoke, said the way the game went gave us tension. But the best finisher was still on the field, so we thought we had a chance. He praised Dhoni as he is still here and doing it for us
Chennai’s Mukesh Chaudhary, who took the wickets of Mumbai’s Toss 3 batsmen, has been selected as the captain.
Play-off round – Trouble for Mumbai
The situation of the Mumbai team has deteriorated in the current series. Now Rohit-led Mumbai Indians’ entry into the play-offs has become the biggest question mark. At the same time, despite the 2nd victory of the Chennai team, the key catches in the field continue to make mistakes.
Experienced players including Jadeja and Bravo missed the catch in the match against Mumbai. Ruthuraj strengthening the batting and playing responsibly in the middle order will be a big help to CSK in the upcoming matches.
If Dhoni’s menacing finish continues in the upcoming matches, it will be an additional strength for CSK.
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