The 4th match of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has been won by RR as they defeated CSK by 16 runs in a high-scoring game. Chennai skipper, MS Dhoni won the toss and asked the RR in to bat first. After the earlier dismissal of young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal in the third over, Samson added as many as 121 runs for the second wicket along with Steve Smith.
Sanju Samson was eventually dismissed for 74 off 32 balls by Lungi Ngidi in the 12th over, by then, the youngster had already done a lot of damage by then with RR’s score reading 2 for 132. After the dismissal of Samson, Steve Smith carried forward the ship of RR but he also got out in the 19th over still Rajasthan reached a total of 187/7 in 19 overs. In the final over, a carnage from Jofra Archer helped RR to reach the total of 217/8 in their quota of 20 overs.
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During the chase, CSK started off on a decent note as they added 53 runs off the first six overs without losing any wicket. However, a mini-collapse happened for them in between as from the position of 57/0 they collapsed to 77/4. After the collapse, Faf du Plessis and Kedar Jadhav made an effort of increasing momentum as they added 37 runs in just 28 balls for the 6th wicket before Jadhav’s dismissal in the 14th over.
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Then came out MS Dhoni, who scored just 10 runs his first 13 balls when CSK was requiring 103 runs off in 28 balls. However, he smashed 29 runs in the next four balls, but it wasn’t enough for his team to go over the line. Dhoni added 65 runs off just 31 runs with Du Plessis for the 6th wickets eventually, CSK lost the game by 16 runs as the latter got out to Archer in the penultimate over.
Here is how Twitterati reacted to teh lack of intent from MS Dhoni:
Dhoni be like pic.twitter.com/9uIwEfn6Ew
— Mohit Bedmutha (@mohitbedmutha) September 22, 2020
Csk kyuki Dhoni??https://t.co/obMNzfdwFx
— Mayur Gohil (@mayur_g7) September 22, 2020
Jitna dukh #CSK fans ko haarne ka nahi hua usse jyada to haters ko dhoni ke 3 sixes se hogya
— Nitish Atul Gupta (@mr_memer__07) September 22, 2020
"I haven't batted for a very long time, and the 14 days quarantine hasn't really helped."
– MS Dhoni on batting at No.7 #RRvCSK #IPL2020 #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/N8UMFeDPTc
— AkshayRam (@AkshayRam_14) September 22, 2020
I guess Harsha was spot on on what Dhoni's thought process would've been. #CricbuzzLive #CSKvsRR
— Yash Shinde 💭 (@its_yashshinde) September 22, 2020
He definitely has got it to retain his market value…
I don't think he still got that midas touch as finisher. But his situational presence is incredible. Match was lost after Archer's onslaught. Dhoni's innings only helped in damage control.— Chins (@cus19810720) September 22, 2020
So Murali Karthik just said, "Dhoni won't hit now, he'll take it deep." Aur kitna deep bhai??? #CSKvsRR
— Bpun (@Bpun12) September 22, 2020
My opinion why isn't dhoni coming pic.twitter.com/6AovYtUGSs
— Aman Singh Rana™❌ (@Rana_Rajput8) September 22, 2020
Get ready for tweets like ''Dhoni has still in it,why did you retire!" Or "That's why Dhoni retired,no matter what,We still love you"
😂🤣#IPL2020 #RRvsCSK #RRvCSK #Dream11IPL— 🇮🇳 A₹ñi$H 🇮🇳 (@HumourActivist) September 22, 2020
Dhoni will play for NRR while Faf trying to win it from here I guess..#CSKvsRR
— Sports Geek (@sportsgeek07) September 22, 2020
Want to see front foot defence of dhoni 😍
Waited for months#CSK
— Sir Chahal 🐐 (@nitinmehlawat1) September 22, 2020
