Chennai Tremendous Kings captain, MS Dhoni delivered one other traditional dying overs cameo as he nailed consecutive sixes off the ultimate over to assist his aspect attain the 200 run mark in opposition to Punjab Kings within the sixteenth version of the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
Coming in to bat within the final over following Ravindra Jadeja’s dismissal, Dhoni scored 13 off three deliveries, including two extra maximums to his tally of 57 within the closing over in IPL. A fierce sq. minimize adopted by a hammered blow over deep mid wicket off a low full toss from Sam Curran.
It was the second time this season that Dhoni had amassed back-to-back maximums. The earlier occasion had additionally taken place on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai when the hosts performed Lucknow Tremendous Giants of their first dwelling sport of the season. It was Mark Wooden who was bowling then.
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Earlier on Sunday, CSK received the toss and opted to bat first. Openers Ruturaj Gaikwad (37 off 31) added 86 runs for the primary wicket with Devon Conway, who went on to attain 92 off 52 deliveries. Conway’s innings consisted of 16 fours and one most.
Chennai go into their ninth sport of the season with 5 wins of their first eight. Of their earlier outing, Rajasthan Royals had bested them in Jaipur by 32 runs.
Punjab however, have 4 wins from their eight earlier video games this season and had been battered by the Lucknow Tremendous Giants by 56 runs in a sport the place they posted the second highest complete in IPL historical past.