MS Dhoni has typically thrilled his followers on the few events that he has walked out to bat this season within the Indian Premier League (IPL) however that wasn’t fairly the case in Dharamsala throughout Chennai Tremendous Kings’ (CSK) match in opposition to Punjab Kings (PBKS). Dhoni has normally walked out within the decrease order this season, strolling out earlier solely in case there aren’t too many balls left within the innings.
On Sunday, although, he walked out from all the way in which down at No.9 within the nineteenth over with CSK’s rating being 150/7 under even Mitchell Santner and Shardul Thakur. Harshal had cleaned up Thakur off simply the earlier ball with a gradual yorker. He bowled the identical supply to Dhoni. The previous CSK captain was too early on his shot and his stumps have been blasted away.
Your entire sequence of occasions, proper from Dhoni strolling out as a No.9 batter, after which being out for a golden duck, has sparked various memes on-line. Listed below are are just a few of them:
CSK thrash PBKS
CSK have been restricted to a rating of 167/9, which on the time appeared under par contemplating the ridiculously excessive run chases which have been normalised within the IPL this season. Nevertheless, Punjab Kings by no means acquired away of their chase. Tushar Deshpande’s double strike within the second over hampered any probabilities of them dominating the powerplay and PBKS have been 47/2 on the finish of the primary six overs.
Dhoni finally grew to become the primary participant to take 150 catches within the IPL when Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Jitesh Sharma for a golden duck. Jadeja ended with figures of three/20, having dismissed PBKS opener Prabhsimran Singh and captain Sam Curran as effectively. PBKS have been finally restricted to 139/9 and CSK gained the sport by 28 runs.