IPL 2018: MS Dhoni's bizarre act in RR vs CSK match

MS Dhoni is renowned for his presence of mind on the cricket pitch, The attribute has fetched him quite a substantial amount of success over the course of his illustrious career. He reads to match-situations to perfection and has been a pivotal factor for whichever team he has represented in his career. However, he was involved in a bizarre incident during the Chennai Super Kings’ match against Rajasthan Royals.

The occurring panned out during the run-chase of the Royals. The CSK skipper had a brain explosion and moved towards the dugout after the 19th over as per reports in ESPNCricinfo. He soon realised the blunder and rushed back to the field to play out the last over. In the same over, Krishnappa Gowtham took Willey, the English fast bowler to the cleaners.

Gowtham smacked Willey for 16 runs, which included a couple of sixes. Nevertheless, the pacer came back and picked up the prized wicket. Willey dished out a short and wide delivery outside the off-stump and Krishnappa flung his willow with all his might but feathered the ball into the webbings of Dhoni.

The stutter by CSK

The Royals required twelve runs in the last over and Jos Buttler who has been in prime form lately had the onus to guide the team to victory. Dwayne Bravo, who is deemed to be a death-over specialist, churned out a dot delivery to start the over. The next two balls were right on the money as well as Buttler could only muster four runs out of them.

With eight runs required off the last three balls, the Trinidadian pulled out a slower delivery from his sleeve. Buttler decrypted the variation and smashed the ball over the mid-wicket region for a humongous six. The stroke also sealed the fate of the match and Chennai were slapped with their fourth defeat of the season.

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