When MS Dhoni walked out to bat, the team required 63 runs from 30 balls and had 4 wickets in hand. His partner Ravindra Jadeja had faced only two balls at that time. Both decided not to attack the Rajasthan Royals spinners till the end of the 17th over. Scored only 9 runs in 2 overs. Dhoni hit Adam Zampa for a four and a six in the 18th over as CSK scored 14 runs.
CSK now needed 40 runs in two overs against the Rajasthan pacers. Jadeja comes into action. He hit a four and 2 sixes. 19 runs were scored in this over. If 21 runs were needed in the last over to win. Dhoni hit two sixes off Sandeep Sharma in the 20th over. 7 runs were needed off the last 3 balls. 1-1 runs were scored in two other balls. Sandeep bowled a brilliant yorker here and the former Indian skipper could only manage one run off the last ball. He played a brilliant inning of 32 not out in only 17 balls, but could not hit the winning six.
CSK lost fighting, Mahi missed hitting a six on the last ball
Second: RCB vs CSK, Chinnaswamy 2019
MS Dhoni and CSK fans were in for a disappointment in 2019 as well against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. RCB batted first and scored 161/7. Parthiv Patel played a crucial inning of 53 runs in 37 balls for Bangalore, while Moeen Ali also played an important inning of 26 runs in 16 balls. Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo and Deepak Chahar all took two wickets each. Chasing the target, CSK lost 4 wickets for 28 runs during the powerplay itself. It was then up to the skipper to pull off something miraculous and he started off brilliantly in a tough run-chase with all the pressure on him.
CSK needed 26 runs in the last over. When Dhoni was on the field, Umesh Yadav had the ball in his hand. Dhoni hit three sixes and a four in the first five balls to bring the difference to just 2 runs on the last ball. He failed to hit the last delivery, but ran. Here Parthiv Patel ran out Shardul Thakur running towards the striking end and thus CSK lost by just one run.
6, 6, 6, 6, 6 and Rinku Singh did wonders in IPL
3rd: RPS vs SRH, Visakhapatnam 2016
MS Dhoni was playing for Rising Pune Supergiant (RPS) in 2016. His team was chasing 138 in Visakhapatnam. The spinners were getting a lot of help on the field. It was not an easy task for the RPS batsmen either. George Bailey scored 34 off 40 balls, while Ashwin scored 29 off 25 balls. Dhoni came out to bat when he needed 60 runs from 40 balls and the run rate was 11.5 at the end of the 16th over.
Mustafizur Rahman conceded only 13 runs in his last two overs while Ashish Nehra needed 14 runs in his final over. Perera took a single on the first ball and Dhoni took a single on the second ball. On the third ball, Nehra got Thisara Perera caught by Henriques and Dhoni hit a six on the next ball. Now the match seemed easy that Dhoni was run out on the next ball, while Zampa’s wicket fell on the last ball. In this way Dhoni’s team remained 4 runs away from victory.