MS Dhoni Last-Over Thriller: MS Dhoni is considered one of the best finishers in the history of world cricket. This former captain of India has won many matches for the country under almost impossible conditions and has thrashed the bowlers in the death overs. Dhoni has also given many memorable finishes with his bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the last few years.
Captain Cool’s memorable finish
Although he has single-handedly won many matches for his current team, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Dhoni gave one of the most memorable finishes in the history of IPL when he led his old team, Rising Pune Supergiant to a thrilling win against Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2016.
ms dhoni (MS Dhoni) He captained the now-defunct team RPS in the 2016 season of the league, as Chennai Super Kings were banned for two years from participating in the tournament. In his last match of the season against KXIP, Dhoni scored 23 runs in the last over of Axar Patel to help Rising Pune Supergiant win by 4 wickets.
23 runs scored in 6 balls
Chasing the target of 173 runs, Dhoni’s team Rising Pune Supergiants was on the verge of losing the match as they needed 23 runs in the last over to win. However, he executed a miraculous run-chase and thrashed Axar Patel. When 23 runs were needed from 6 balls, Dhoni did not score any runs on the first ball (dot ball), after which Akshar also bowled a dot ball. Then he hit a six on the second ball and did not score any runs on the next ball.
He hit a four on the next ball and then hit two consecutive sixes on the last two balls of the last over to help his team win; This was one of the best run-chases seen in the history of IPL.
How was Pune’s performance in the season?
It was a tremendous finish from Dhoni, who scored an unbeaten 64 off just 32 balls. However, the season was disappointing for his team, as Rising Pune Supergiants finished seventh in the points table with just five wins from 14 matches. In the 2017 season, Dhoni was stripped of captaincy and Steve Smith took charge of the team. Smith took the team to the finals of the tournament.
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