Dhoni turns the clock back and pulls off vintage finish for CSK

TIL Desk Sports/ Former captain MS Dhoni held his nerves, turned back the clock and pulled off a vintage finish for defending champions Chennai Super Kings against their arch-rivals Mumbai Indians in a thrilling IPL 2022 match at the DY Patil Stadium.

The 40-year old Dhoni may have left the captaincy for India and as well as for CSK but he certainly hasn’t forgotten to do what he does best i.e “finishing the game” for his team. Whether it was dragging the game to its last breath, knowing the areas to target, keeping calm and finishing off the game in his style with a last-ball boundary, all the Dhoni touches were pretty much visible in his innings during the run chase on Thursday.

Chasing a modest target of 156 for victory, CSK were in deep trouble at 16-2 after losing the wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad (0) and Mitchell Santner (11) early in the innings. But, Robin Uthappa (30) and Ambati Rayudu (40) stitched a partnership of 50 runs for the third wicket and kept CSK in the game. However, once they got out, Chennai were back in trouble as the next two batters — Shivam Dube (13) and Ravindra Jadeja (3) didn’t do much.