MS Dhoni threw two single handed blows in GT vs CSK IPL match then hugged a fan who bypassed security to meet him in Ahmedabad There was a lot of noise and then boos at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad when the umpire asked Shivam Dubey to wait to check the height of the entire pitch. It was a home game for Gujarat Titans but the noise on the wicket was not due to that. People are looking forward to see MS Dhoni step out to bat.
It didn’t take long for the third referee to give Dube the green light. Dhoni enters. Nothing else now. The nature of the game. Compete for the final. Games with net run rates…none. Just one man and his followers. IPL has been a big event for Dhoni in the last two years. Now it’s normal. Fans wanted Dhoni to step up, but a knee injury prevented him from batting and being able to do more than 15 balls. He had 11 games against GT on Friday.
Three of them are number six. And this isn’t just six o’clock. Dhoni’s first six came from a single knock off Mohit Sharma. You could almost feel the Modi stadium shaking. Very mature. But Dhoni is still starting. With 53 wins to go, even six of the remaining eight balls won’t be enough, but who cares? Fans want Dhoni to hit everyone.
With seven of them, he almost always succeeded. Rashid Khan’s first two balls of the final were put into the stands by Dhoni. The first one was taken from a helicopter. He dances on the pitch to eliminate the chances of a spin and uses his strong arms to create a strong spin on the ball. Rasheed pulls the next one down. Dhoni doesn’t look good but his hands are so good that he doesn’t need to look good. No two hands hold the handle. The third goal is an anti-climax.
For some reason, Dhoni decided to defend it but the stick hit his back leg. Rashid argued for a long time, but the referee shook his head. GT boss Rahul Tewatia let him into the house. The plays showed that the ball bounced over the stumps. Dhoni took three balls to cheer. As the drama played on the screen, a fan broke through security and ran onto the floor. Dhoni seemed to be trying to run away from the spot, but eventually stopped. The next two balls were strikes but Dhoni ended the match with boundaries unbeaten at 26 for 11.
CSK were 40 runs short of the massive target of 232 runs in the GT. Captain Gill, who was not included in India’s T20 World Cup squad, scored 104 off 55 balls, while left-hander Sudarsan completed his IPL hundred with 103 off 51 balls. They posted a total of 231-3 as Daryl Mitchell (63) and Moeen Ali (56) struck, but Chennai chased down 196-8. Mohit Sharma hit two half-century makers with figures of 3-31. Chennai’s defeat made the race for the final even more intense. Chennai remain in the fourth and final spot in the playoffs, while Gujarat are just ahead but need to win the last two matches by a huge margin to improve their run rate. net.
