Indian Premier League (IPL) followers had a lots to stay up for within the ‘Southern Derby’ between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday. Two of India’s greatest cricketing superstars – MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli – had been of the alternative sides and followers had been questioning if they might be seen for the final time collectively.
On Monday evening, it was Dhoni’s CSK who emerged victorious within the IPL 2023 conflict, however solely simply, defeating the house aspect RCB by eight runs with Kohli scoring simply 6 runs with the bat. RCB skipper Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell gave CSK an actual scare earlier than the four-time IPL champions emerged victorious.
But followers had been extra within the reunion between Dhoni and Kohli after the match. A video went viral on social media with the 2 former India captains interacting in Bengaluru after the match.
Magical second#csk#thala#dhoni#kohli pic.twitter.com/fsReLpbFLP
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Meanwhile, Dhoni mentioned that he considers it a ‘win’ for himself if he can information the CSK bowlers with high quality strategies on the sphere. “If Faf and Maxi had continued, they’d have won by the 18th over, so you need to get engrossed with the process, know what is the bowling change, what can I do from which end, what is really happening, if something has really changed,” Dhoni mentioned within the post-match presentation.
“I can see it better from close by, so I can know if there is deflection off the wicket for the spinners or quicks. I am always involved in what needs to be done. If I can provide bowlers a good field and give nice suggestions, that’s a win for me. Handling youngsters at the death is a difficult challenge because there is a lot of pressure, especially with the dew. They are working very hard. So they need to know the process, know what they’re doing,” Dhoni added.
For CSK, Devon Conway top-scored with 83 off 45 balls whereas all-rounder Shivam Dube blasted 52 off 27 balls as Dhoni’s group posted 226 for six after being despatched into bat first by Du Plessis. In reply, Kohli was dismissed early by CSK ‘Impact Player’ Akash Singh for six however Du Plessis scored 62 off 33 balls and Maxwell notched up 76 off 36 balls to maintain them within the hunt.
However, younger Sri Lankan pacer Mattheesha Pathirana, enjoying his first sport in IPL 2023, defended 19 runs within the remaining over to elevate his aspect to a win.
