The 41st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 saw Chennai Super Kings (CSK) locking horns with Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on April 30 in a day game of a doubleheader. MS Dhoni won the toss and chose to bat first much to the cheers of the sea of CSK supporters in the stadium.
Chennai made no changes to their playing XI despite the loss in the last game, while e Shikhar Dhawan revealed that PBKS had included Harpreet Brar in the XI to replace Gurnoor Singh. Ruturaj Gaikwad (37) and Devon Conway added 86 runs for the first wicket in almost 10 overs before Gaikwad was dismissed by Sikandar Raza.
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Shivam Dube played a quick knock of 28 in 17 balls and Moeen Ali only managed to contribute 10 runs. Ravindra Jadeja also failed to do much as he added 12 runs, but it was Devon Conway who batted throughout the innings and scored his highest IPL score of 92* in 52 balls with 16 fours and 1 six.
However, the moment in the last over of CSK innings was grabbed by MS Dhoni as he smacked back-to-back sixes off Sam Curran on the last two balls of the 20th over to take CSK to 200/4 in 20 overs. These sixes from ‘Thala’ was enough for the CSK followers in the ground to make deafening noises.
Here is the video of the sixes from MS Dhoni:
Last over of the innings.@msdhoni on strike 💛, you know the rest 😎💥#TATAIPL | #CSKvPBKS pic.twitter.com/xedD3LggIp
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) April 30, 2023
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
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Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Atharva Taide, Shikhar Dhawan (c), Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh
Here is how the fans reacted to sixes from MS Dhoni:
Dhoni & the Last ball Six 🤩😍🥳.#CSKvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/tqxeX6aaiG
— Rathna kumar (@MrRathna) April 30, 2023
The Man, The Myth, The Legend – Thala MS Dhoni#CSKvsPBKS #CSKvPBKS #Dhoni #PBKSvsCSK pic.twitter.com/OL3thryh1z
— Vishwajit Patil (@_VishwajitPatil) April 30, 2023
THE GREATEST EVER 🛐💛@MSDhoni #IPL2023 #CSKvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/YtQJKqc31T
— DHONI Era™ 🤩 (@TheDhoniEra) April 30, 2023
Suresh Raina Watching MS Dhoni hitting sixes From Commentary Box: pic.twitter.com/Iu97T1Ul15
— Pulkit🇮🇳 (@pulkit5Dx) April 30, 2023
https://twitter.com/MSDhoniAddicted/status/1652640959027617792?s=20
The whole crowd waited for 2 hours in the heat of Chepauk to see this man and MS Dhoni didn't disappoint.
Faced just 4 balls and smashed 2 sixes on the final two balls – The GOAT! #CSKvsPBKS pic.twitter.com/grlpgiSZzY
— Total Cricket (@TotalCricket18) April 30, 2023
