IPL 2024 – Amid loud cheers, MS Dhoni smashes three sixes to take CSK's total to 206 at Wankhede Stadium

It was Dhoni's explosiveness getting to the crease, fending off just the last four balls and going on to score 20 runs that thrilled the fans.

MS Dhoni gave the fans at the Wankhede Stadium what they came for – to see him bat and overcome boundaries. In the 29th match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, Mumbai Indians (MI) won the toss and opted to bowl, taking two quick wickets of Ajinkya Rahane (5 off 8) and Rachin Ravindra (21 off 8). the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) got 16).

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However, it was captain Ruturaj Gaikwad (69 off 40) and Shivam Dube (66* off 38) who lit up the stadium with boundaries. Later, Daryl Mitchell also added runs (17 off 14) but it was Dhoni's explosiveness, getting to the crease, fending off just the last 4 balls and going on to hit 20 runs that kept the fans entertained.

Fans in the stadium and online couldn't keep calm as they started praising the CSK legend who scored a hat-trick of six, rubbing salt in Hardik Pandya's wounds and conceding 26 runs in the last over of the innings.

In the 20 overs, CSK scored 206 runs and lost 4 wickets, thanks to captain Hardik Pandya who picked two wickets while Gerald Coetzee and Shreyas Gopal took one each.

Skipper Ruturaj led from the front, hitting five fours and as many maximums, while Dube hit ten fours and two sixes.

Most runs in middle overs (7-16) in IPL 2024

220 – Riyan Parag (SR: 152.77)

191 – Shivam Dube (SR: 166.08)

159 – Sai Sudharsan (SR: 134.74)

153 – Virat Kohli (SR: 145.71)

153 – Sanju Samson (SR: 159.37)

Teams:

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan(f), Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya(c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Romario Shepherd, Shreyas Gopal, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal

Subs: Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Harvik Desai

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Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Sameer Rizvi, MS Dhoni(f), Shardul Thakur, Tushar Deshpande, Mustafizur Rahman

Subs: Matheesha Pathirana, Nishant Sindhu, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shaik Rasheed

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