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Rajasthan Royals endured a late MS Dhoni scare as Sandeep Sharma held on to nerves to deny the Chennai Super Kings captain a sixth last ball in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) game on Wednesday. Dhoni, who had already hit two sixes in the over, failed to score a third to take his team to the other side. line. In what was Dhoni’s 200th match as captain of the Super Kings franchise, he pulled back years by demonstrating that he still had the ability to end chases. However, after Dhoni’s team finished the match 3 points short of Rajasthan, Dhoni’s 9-year-old tweet went viral.
In a tweet, Dhoni wrote, “It doesn’t matter which team wins, I’m here for fun.”
When MS Dhoni said this he meant it. What a kick, Mahi, we love you! #MSDhoni𓃵 #CSKvsRR pic.twitter.com/HWVMBN9WF1
— Sexy Cricket Shots (@sexycricketshot) April 12, 2023
The announcement was a big hit with the fans on Wednesday night as Dhoni didn’t quite beat CSK more than the RR total, but he did give a lot of fun with his bat.
Chasing a 176 victory, Chennai was 113-6 when Dhoni (32) joined Jadeja (25) and the pair posted an unbeaten 59 but lost to Rajasthan 175-8 by three rounds.
The 41-year-old Dhoni rolled back years when he crushed Sandeep Sharma with two sixes in the final and Chennai needed 21 to win from the last six balls.
But the mid-pace bowler who started with two shots retained his composure to take out two yorkers, depriving Dhoni and Chennai of their miracle as the hosts finished 172-6.
England skipper Jos Buttler scored with 52 points, pushing last year’s second-place team Rajasthan to a total just enough to win the team’s third win in four matches and put them in first place in the 10-team table.
Battler was assisted by Devdutt Padikkal (38) and Ravichandran Ashwin who had a slow start but crashed two sixes in their 30-run cameo.
Spinners Rajasthan and Sandeep then teamed up to confine Chennai and Ashwin scored an impressive 2-25, including key wicket Ajinkya Rahane for 31.
Leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal hit twice in one over, sending off Chennai striker Ambati Rayuda (one) and then New Zealand’s Devon Conway shortly after the first player reached 50.
Rajasthan striker Adam Zampa, who came on for Battler, was costly due to a spin on his foot, but was wicked away by Moin Ali.
Dhoni, once the top finisher in the game, made a buzz at MA Chidambaram Stadium with four and six from Zampa and other big hits, but the request rate remained too high.
With AFP inputs
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