MS Dhoni's instinct hardly ever fails him when it comes to asking for a review on a doubtful decision. The same was on show in Tuesday's IPL match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG).
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It was the last ball of the 13th over bowled by Tushar Deshpande. With the in-form Marcus Stoinis on strike, Deshpande delivered away from the stumps, and the umpire deemed it away enough to signal wide by spreading his arms.
Dhoni, who had the best view of the line of the delivery as a wicketkeeper, thought otherwise and signalled for a review.
Like in most cases throughout his career, Dhoni's knack delivered again and the decision was overturned by the third umpire. It's because of such instances involving Dhoni and DRS that fans famously rechristened it as '
Dhoni Review System
' instead of 'Decision Review System'.
Before that moment in the match, Dhoni arrived in the middle wielding the willow as CSK batted first in Chennai. However, the former CSK captain had just one delivery to face, and he delivered there as well - sending it past the boundary ropes for a four.
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It was Dhoni sixth outing with the bat in eight matches this season, and on all occasions he has remained not out, with his highest being 37 not out off 16 balls against the Delhi Capitals. His 91 runs so far have come at a strike rate of 260.00.
However, CSK, despite putting up a big total of 210 for 4 on the board courtesy skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad's 108 not out off 60 balls, lost the match to Lucknow, who rode on Stoinis's blistering 124 not out off 63 balls to overhaul the target in 19.3 overs for a six-wicket win.
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