MS Dhoni fell to a really sharp catch by former Chennai Tremendous Kings participant Tushar Deshpande throughout a match in opposition to Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025 on Tuesday. A lot relied on Dhoni to take CSK to a 200-plus complete, however he may solely rating 16 off 17 balls because of Deshpande’s efforts. It was a superb catch at brief tremendous leg and even Deshpande was shocked. Dhoni acquired down on one knee to comb a full toss. The ball went straight at Deshpande, who caught it over his head, arching backwards.
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Speaking in regards to the match, Younger Ayush Mhatre as soon as once more reminded everybody that he’s one for the longer term with a 20-ball 43 that helped Chennai Tremendous Kings huff and puff to a modest 187 for eight in opposition to Rajasthan Royals.
MS Dhoni’s group may have been in deeper hassle had Dewald Brevis (42) and Shivam Dube (39) not prevented the innings from falling aside. Dhoni himself may handle solely a sedate 16 off 17, failing to supply a late flourish. There was no finish to the woes of the his group’s floundering center order.
The promising begin was frittered away with Devin Conway (10), Urvil Patel (0) struggling to get going, they usually had misplaced half the group inside eight overs.
Pacers Yudhvir Singh (3/47) and Akash Madhwal (3/29) shared six wickets between them.
Taking part in his fifth match of the season, Conway started with a fluent drive off Tushar Deshpande, who was mixing up his size properly, and beat the bat of the New Zealander a lot of occasions.
Conway didn’t final lengthy, providing a easy catch to Riyan Parag at mid-off off Yudhvir Singh. He charged down the wicket however simply managed to chip the nice size ball.
Yudhvir struck once more, sending again the proficient Patel, who went for a giant shot however failed to attach, and Kwena Maphaka took a pointy catch on the fringe of the circle.
Mhatre moved the scoreboard by discovering two boundaries off Deshpande, who was hitting the deck arduous.
R Ashwin’s shock promotion to quantity 4 left the followers delighted because the spin all-rounder broke the shackles with an amazing six on the leg aspect off Yudhvir. Mhatre additionally discovered consecutive boundaries as CSK milked 24 runs in that over.
The teen continued to bat in aggressive vogue, discovering a hat-trick of boundaries off Deshpande however the pacer had the final giggle.
Quickly Ashwin departed and Ravindra Jadeja additionally couldn’t make any affect, flicking off his legs to Dhruv Jurel, to provide Yudhvir his third wicket of the match.
The run charge was not a difficulty, as CSK had been going at near 10 an over however half of the batters had been again within the dug out properly earlier than the half-way mark.
In got here Brevis and the South African churned out one more affect knock, his 25-ball 42 stopping the CSK innings from falling aside.
Brevis’ entraining knock that had three sixes and two fours was ended by Madhwal. However earlier than that, Brevis and Shivam Dube added 59 runs for the sixth wicket to maintain CSK in hunt for a 200-plus complete.
The spectators had been on their ft when ‘Thala’ Dhoni arrived on the fall of the Protea batter. The CSK skipper punished a full-length ball from Riyan Parag for a six, a lot to the delight of followers because the chants of ‘Dhoni’ ‘Dhoni’ reverberated throughout the stadium.
Runs continued to circulate from Dube’s bat because the tall left-hander dispatched one from Wanindu Hasaranga into the stands. Nevertheless, the late push by no means got here.
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