NEW DELHI: In a delightful and heartwarming gesture, legendary MS Dhoni on Sunday picked up a ball and gave it to a young fan on his way to Chennai Super Kings' dressing room after smashing a dazzling unbeaten 4-ball 20 against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede.
The incident took place when Dhoni was walking up the stairs and towards the dressing room after the completion of the CSK's innings.
Seeing the ball on the stairs, Dhoni picked it up and returned to a young girl after delighting the fans with his vintage cameo.
Brilliant half-centuries from Ruturaj Gaikwad (69) and Shivam Dube (66*) a late hat-trick of sixes by Dhoni powered Chennai to 206 for 4 against Mumbai after being put into bat.
Gaikwad and Dube, who come from the same state but play for different associations -- Maharashtra and Mumbai respectively, at the domestic level, added 90 runs for the third wicket to help CSK recover from 60/2 in the 8th over.
Gaikwad hammered a 40-ball 69 coming in at No.3 while Dube blasted 66 not out off 36 balls. Dhoni then showed why he is still considered one of the best finishers in the game as he hammered Hardik Pandya for three sixes off successive deliveries in the final over to take CSK past 200 runs.
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