In the second match of Sunday’s doubleheader, the fans witnessed one of the most dominating performances by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, CSK trashed the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) by 10 wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Yellow Army chased down 179 in 17.4 overs with as many as 14 balls to spare without losing any wicket.
After KXIP won the toss, and Rahul elected to bat first and the odds were stacked against the Super Kings. It’s because the chasing teams had never won a game in Dubai this season in earlier seven games. However, Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson added 181 runs for the first wicket to help CSK get over the finishing line.
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Most importantly, the Yellow Army got itself up to sixth from the bottom of the points table. Dhoni finally got the chancing for breathing a sigh of relief after CSK’s batting coming back on track despite dismal performance in the tournament.
Meanwhile, after the game, MS Doni was seen giving some tips to KXIP’s Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul, who both listened to the veteran with perfect attention. The video of the same was uploaded on IPL’s official Twitter handle.
Here’s the video:
Can there be a better person than #MSDhoni to analyse the game. We absolutely love these post-match interactions. #Dream11IPL #KXIPvCSK pic.twitter.com/a2foU7eyGx
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) October 4, 2020
As far as Rahul and Agarwal are concerned, they are the most consistent batsmen in the tournament so far. Both are among the leading run-getters in the tournament, however, have lacked support from the others. In Dubai, Rahul didn’t flatter to deceive. Opening the batting, Rahul added 63 runs off 52 balls with the help of seven fours and a six.
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Overall, the KXIP skipper has scored 302 runs from five matches at an average and strike-rate of 75.50 and 141.78 respectively. Mayank, on the other hand, has scored 272 runs to show for his efforts. On Sunday, he got off to a flying start, scoring 26 off 19 balls with three fours. Eventually, KXIP had only managed to register a score of 178/4 in their quota of 20 overs.
