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MS Dhoni turned back the clock on Sunday as he slammed Hardik Pandya for three back-to-back sixes during the IPL 2024 match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians. It was vintage Dhoni on display at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai as he scored 20 runs in just 4 deliveries leaving fans and experts completely stunned. Bollywood celebrities like Kareena Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Neha Dhupia and John Abraham were all in attendance for the match and in a video going viral on social media, they seem completely mesmerised by the explosive batting from the veteran CSK batter.
Sara Tendulkar, Kareena Kapoor and other MI supporting Celebrities forgot they were supporting MI when Thala came to Bat pic.twitter.com/w4ZRsYbGqc
— SHARDULKAR (@Shardulkar) April 15, 2024Dhoni's hat-trick of sixes proved to be crucial for Chennai Super Kings as the visitors defeated Mumbai Indians by 20 runs. Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shivam Dube scored half-centuries to provide the perfect platform before Dhoni provided the fireworks to take their score beyond the 200-mark.
Neha Dhupia's reaction on MS Dhoni's sixes. pic.twitter.com/4U8Ercv4i6
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 15, 2024In response, Rohit Sharma slammed a gritty century but it was not enough as Mumbai Indians kept losing wickets at regular intervals and the five-time champions fell well short of the 207-run target.
Hundreds in unsuccessful run-chases in the IPL
119(63) - Sanju Samson (RR) vs PBKS, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2021
105*(63) - Rohit Sharma (MI) vs CSK, Mumbai (Wankhede), 2024
100(37) - Yusuf Pathan (RR) vs MI, Mumbai (Brabourne), 2010
Chennai Super Kings skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad was all praise for Dhoni and he even came up with an unique way to describe the veteran star and his explosive style of batting.
"The young wicketkeeper scoring those three sixes helped us a lot, that proved to be the difference. We needed those 10-15 extra runs for this kind of venue," he explained.
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