New Delhi. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) suffered their first defeat in IPL 2024 on Sunday. Delhi Capitals defeated Chennai Super Kings by 20 runs. At one time CSK needed 46 runs from 13 balls to win this match. MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja were strong at the crease. Therefore there was hope for victory. CSK scored 26 runs on these 13 balls. She could have done better but Mahi lost to Mukesh Kumar of Delhi.
MS Dhoni scored 37 runs on 16 balls against Delhi Capitals. His strike rate was more than 230. This was the reason why MS Dhoni was discussed more than Chennai’s defeat and Delhi’s victory. Dhoni scored 20 runs in the last over of the match and showed that he has the same strength as before. Chennai fans were elated with this innings of Mahi. But this applause obscured the brilliant performance of Mukesh Kumar, who stopped Mahi, who spent only 5 runs in the 19th over. That too when Dhoni played 5 balls of the over.
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Actually, at one time Chennai Super Kings needed 46 runs from 13 balls to win. Dhoni played the last ball of the 18th over as a dot, meaning he could not score any runs on it. In this way, even when Mukesh Kumar came in the 19th over of the innings, Chennai needed only 46 runs to win. Mukesh’s first ball of this over was wide. Ravindra Jadeja took one run on the next ball. Now Dhoni was in front of Mukesh.
Mukesh Kumar did not give even a single run on 3 consecutive balls of his over. MS Dhoni did not even score a single run on the second, third and fourth balls of the over. It is not that Dhoni was not able to take the ball on the bat. He was hitting the shots hard, but his search for fours and sixes was not being completed. However, Jadeja was at the non-striker end and Dhoni could have taken a single if he wanted. But perhaps Dhoni did not trust Jadeja. This was the reason why Dhoni did not take a run on three consecutive balls of Mukesh Kumar. Interestingly, when the boundary did not appear to be coming, Dhoni took a run on the fifth ball of the over. But by then it was too late. By the time Dhoni took this single, Chennai’s defeat was certain. He needed 42 runs from the last 7 balls.
46 needed off 13 balls.
17.6 – Dot
18.2 – Dot (Denied single to Jadeja)
18.3 – Dot (Denied single to Jadeja)
18.4 – Dot (Denied single to Jadeja)
18.5 – Single (wtf logic this)MS Dhoni scored 1 runs off 5 balls when CSK had a chance of winning. Brainless CSK fans pic.twitter.com/GILJhck8yc
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Ravindra Jadeja took 2 runs on the last ball of the 19th over. In this way, Dhoni was at the strike end from the very first ball of the 20th over. Dhoni hit 2 sixes and 2 fours in this over of Enrique Norcia and also played 2 dot balls. If seen this way, Dhoni played brilliantly in this over, but Mukesh Kumar overpowered him in the 19th over.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 1, 2024, 10:48 IST