Is this MS Dhoni's last match? Will Dhoni announce his retirement after RCB's win over CSK in IPL 2024, Match 68?

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) the defending Indian Premier League champions are out of the tournament. Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) scored 218 runs after being asked to bat first. All the visitors had to do was score 201 runs and ensure their passage to the playoffs as the fourth-placed team in the ongoing IPL 2024. 

MS Dhoni had given millions of Chennai Super Kings fans huge hopes of a grandstand when the final over began. The very first ball of the over was swatted away for a huge six that travelled a whopping 110 meters. 

This made the match even more tantalizing as the former CSK skipper was in his element. Yash Dayal had the biggest moment of déjà vu as he prepared to bowl. Notably, Dayal was the same bowler who was smashed for 5 sixes in an over when he was with the Gujarat Titans.

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MS Dhoni’s possible last dance ends in tears

Yash Dayal bowled one on the legs of MS Dhoni and the veteran Indian icon couldn’t get the timing right. Swapnil Singh who was fielding at the backward square leg took a neat catch to end the hopes. What happened next didn’t matter in the context of the game as it was more or less done and dusted.

MS Dhoni had come into the game striking this season at over 200 runs. The situation was more or less similar to when MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja combined to take India closer to a win during the semi-finals of the 2019 ODI World Cup.

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Just like that fateful day of July 10, Ravindra Jadeja was keeping the hopes alive for his team. Chinnaswamy turned into the reminded of Manchester as MS Dhoni could only look in disbelief and a touch of sadness as he slowly walked back to the dugout. 

While this may or may not be the last stand of MS Dhoni in the IPL, the tears of the fans and the heartbreak of millions surely do bring back the memories of the fateful day in 2019. If this was indeed MS Dhoni’s last stand, the farewell couldn’t have been much sadder for the Thala of IPL cricket.