New Delhi. After deciding to step down from the captaincy in the new season of the Indian Premier League, Mahendra Singh Dhoni is playing only as a player for Chennai Super Kings. The team had to face defeat against Delhi Capitals in the match played on Sunday. Coming at the end, Mahi hit smoking shots and explained why he is considered the best finisher in the world. Even though Dhoni scored 20 runs in the last over, in the previous over he was seen struggling to hit a big shot.
Chennai Super Kings had to face defeat by 20 runs in the match played against Delhi Capitals on Sunday. In this match, Delhi captain Rishabh Pant had decided to bat first after winning the toss. After the blazing half-century innings of opener David Warner, a fifty was also seen from Pant’s bat. The team scored 191 runs for 5 wickets. Chennai team could score only 171 runs for 6 wickets after 20 overs.
Dhoni beats the foreign bowler, the rookie makes him helpless
In the last over against Delhi, Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 20 runs by hitting two fours and 2 sixes. South African fast bowler Enrique Norkhia had come to bowl the last over for the team. Earlier, Mukesh Kumar, an emerging new bowler of India, had bowled the over. Dhoni faced four out of six balls of the 19th over.
Out of these, he could not score runs on three consecutive balls. Took 1 run on one ball and managed to change the strike. The first ball was wide while on the second ball Ravindra Jadeja gave strike to Dhoni by taking 1 run. He tried to hit a big shot on three consecutive balls but failed to do so.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 1, 2024, 17:20 IST