MS Dhoni is known to be one of the greatest skippers in the world of cricket and he showcases it time and again with some clever moves and tactically brilliant field placements. The former Indian captain baited Mumbai Indians (MI) skipper, Rohit Sharma to play a lap shot which culminated in his dismissal early in the innings.
On Saturday afternoon, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) dominated the proceedings over MI in the first innings for the major part as scoring at Chepauk turned out to be a difficult surface to score. They were at 93/4 by the end of 15 overs with Nehal Wadhera and Tristian Stubbs at the crease. Although MI witnessed an unexpected start, MS Dhoni became the talk of the town after he orchestrated Rohit Sharma’s dismissal with a clever move.
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Deepak Chahar was bowling the third over of the innings and he had already dismissed Ishan Kishan in the over. Rohit got to the strike on the fourth ball and he defended the first delivery. Now, for the next ball, Dhoni walked up to the stumps to keep the wickets opening up the possibility of playing his shot behind the wickets for Rohit.
The MI skipper fell straight into the temptation of attempting a lap shot. However, he completely missed it and the ball caught the shoulder of the bat. The ball went straight into the hands of gully where Ravindra Jadeja took an easy catch.
Here is the video of the dismissal of Rohit Sharma:
👉MSD comes up to the stumps 😎
👉Rohit Sharma attempts the lap shot
👉@imjadeja takes the catch 🙌
Watch how @ChennaiIPL plotted the dismissal of the #MI skipper 🎥🔽 #TATAIPL | #MIvCSK pic.twitter.com/fDq1ywGsy7
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) May 6, 2023
Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Deepak Chahar, Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana
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Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Arshad Khan
Twitterati also noticed the incident and praised Dhoni for his brilliant game intelligence.
Commentator said "Great move from MS Dhoni to stand up early on the innings to Rohit & it worked for him"
Smartest Brain in the Cricket. @msdhoni ♥️🛐 pic.twitter.com/FzviWvbZkq
— ` (@rahulmsd_91) May 6, 2023
Rohit Sharma duck temple#CSKvMI #MIvsCSK #RohithSharma pic.twitter.com/QXgP5vOZPj
— 18 (@SahisahilS) May 6, 2023
#WTCFinal me bhi Mamledar ka stall lagayega apna Nohit#MIvsCSK #CSKvMI #MIvCSK #CSKVSMI#rohitsharma #RohithSharma
Ishan Kishan pic.twitter.com/AsaosRjd3y— Imperial Tiffin (@Yash_Dhawan_) May 6, 2023
16 Ducks for Rohit Sharma in IPL.
How many more matches for him?#CSKvsMI pic.twitter.com/Vr4PLfF7JH— Sharjeel Imam (@ChickenNeckTie) May 6, 2023
Duck Domination! #IYKYK https://t.co/qto5gwWlUO
— Dr. DopaMeme (@dr_heiSANEberg) May 6, 2023
Rohit sharma ♥️ Duck pic.twitter.com/FmApUw7zf1
— Arun Singh (@ArunTuThikHoGya) May 6, 2023
🚨Big Breaking
International Organisation of TukTuk Academy (IOTA) appointed Mr Rohit Sharma as the 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝗲-𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 of "Naam Bade Darshan Chote" (NBDC) Department after his recent marvellous and inspirational performances. #IPL2023 pic.twitter.com/M2wexha8tR
— TukTuk Academy (@TukTuk_Academy) May 6, 2023
#WTCFinal me bhi Mamledar ka stall lagayega apna Nohit#MIvsCSK #CSKvMI #MIvCSK #CSKVSMI#rohitsharma #RohithSharma
Ishan Kishan pic.twitter.com/AsaosRjd3y— Imperial Tiffin (@Yash_Dhawan_) May 6, 2023
Rohit Sharma 5(19) runs in last 4 matches and still man hasn't retired😭 #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/9ZWlCYqVd6
— “ (@KohlifiedGal) May 6, 2023
I read yesterday some tweet here that this match could be last time we get to see Dhoni & Rohit together
The tweet didn't mention the reason for it
The way Rohit is batting this season, I can get some idea for that lol
😭😭😭
— Nishant (@NishantTweets30) May 6, 2023
Goat Rohit sharma Gone for duck in 3 balls. As usual.. I can sleep peacefully now.. #dhoni #thala #msd #CSKvsMI
— Karthik (@royalkarthik) May 6, 2023
It's proved today dhoni is way smarter than Rohit Sharma, dhoni set a trap and Sharmaji walked straight in it.
Explains why our national team don't win icc throphies
— 'Artist' Naam To Suna Hoga (@realmeramukaka) May 6, 2023
Captain Ms Dhoni decided to come up to the stumps for Rohit Sharma . Rohit tried a scoop and lost his wicket on deliver of Deepak Chahar.
Smart😎
Csk💛— Shibraj Kumbhar (@shibraj07) May 6, 2023
3 ball duck 😭😭😭😭
What will Dhoni do? Rohit Sharma duk out pic.twitter.com/6znUgbET4N— मुंबई पुलिस 🚨 (@Mumbai_police_) May 6, 2023
Dhoni just played 3d chess with Rohit Sharma! #CSKvsMI
— Anusheel Shrivastava (@anusheel33) May 6, 2023
