Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni has all the time been ‘Captain Cool’ on the sector however off the sector he’s ‘Captain Fun’ even at 41 years of age. The former India captain has been toying with bowling assault within the IPL 2023, with a strike-rate of over 204 this season and has taken his aspect to the brink of Playoffs qualification with a 27-run win over Delhi Capitals on the Chepauk on Wednesday night time.
After successful the toss and electing to bat first, Dhoni was as much as his traditional ‘fun and games’ earlier than heading in direction of the dressing. A video on social media went viral with Dhoni ‘scaring’ pacer Deepak Chahar with a ‘mock slap’ on the MA Chidambaram stadium in Chennai.
Dhoni walked previous Chahar and tried to prank the 30-year-old all-rounder. Dhoni tried to slap the again of Chahar’s head in a hilarious second. However, the Indian pacer dodged the slap on the final second.
WATCH MS Dhoni attempting to ‘slap’ Deepak Chahar HERE…
Hahah! seems to be like Dhoni likes to toy round Deepak chahar all the time ___#CSKvDC #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/ifoYHL1a2W
— Gnanashekar (@Gnanashekar) May 10, 2023
Meanwhile, within the match, Dhoni got here up with one other sensible cameo, smashing 20 off 9 balls with two sixes in an over off DC pacer Khaleel Ahmed. CSK posted 167 for 8 after batting first and restricted David Warner’s DC to 140.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja joined Dhoni within the 20-run membership, with Dube’s 25 runs being essentially the most (12b, 3×6). Delhi had a poor begin, dropping their Top-3 with simply 25 runs on board. Rilee Rossouw put up a resilient 35 runs (37b, 2×4, 1×6) however merely couldn’t rating quick sufficient to succeed in the goal.
JioCinema’s IPL professional Graeme Smith acknowledged the unbelievable stress underneath which Dhoni performs, “The pressure on him every time he goes to bat is enormous. The roars every time he gets on strike, and the crowd goes berserk. It’s incredible to watch, this season, he has found his best again. Khaleel was bowling really well until that over against MS, he kind of read the play and had him under pressure. Once he hit that one down the ground, you could just see Khaleel, he didn’t think he’d get it going. That put him under pressure. 20 off 9, strike rate of over 220, just the impetus he and Jadeja gave that inning, that 160 total created pressure.”
This win permits Chennai to enhance their tally of wins on the season to seven, trailing the reigning champions and present desk topper Gujarat Titans by only a level. JioCinema’s IPL professional Parthiv Patel laid out what CSK could possibly be aiming for to solidify their qualification.
“We had discussed that a win today would almost guarantee qualification for the playoffs and they can focus on trying to finish one or two. Finish one or two will ensure they play a match in Chennai, so we could see Chennai play in the finals once again. We know how they have played here. Look at their batting tonight, Shivam Dube led all scorers with 25 runs, with others getting around 20 to 22 and we still saw a total of 167. The way they fielded, bowled, everything looks to be going fine. That’s why the team can aim for finishing first or second,” Parthiv Patel stated.
