Twitter Reactions: MS Dhoni finishes off in style

Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game.

By Sameer Allana

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MS Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary
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MS Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary. (Photo Source: BCCI)

In what was an enthralling game between the Rising Pune Super Giants and the Sun Risers Hyderabad, Steve Smith’s side managed to win a nail biting thriller against his Aussie pal David Warner’s side. No prizes to guess who finished it off in style for Pune, it was of course MS Dhoni.

Earlier in the day, it was Captain Steve Smith who won the toss as RPS elected to bowl first. While Pune had debutant Washington Sundar coming in place of Rahul Chahar, SRH were missing the services of Yuvraj Singh who had fallen ill. Bipul Sharma was brought in place of him.

While SRH began well without losing wickets, runs came at a slow pace for them. Shikhar Dhawan was soon dismissed for an almost run a ball 30. Kane Williamson got a good start but failed to convert it into something big. On the other hand, David Warner too couldn’t get the run rate going inspite of scoring 43.

However, it was Moises Henriques who stepped up with some splendid power hitting on display. Facing 28 deliveries, Henriques smashed 55 runs not out as his spectacular effort in the end propelled SRH’s total to 176/3. Deepak Hooda’s cameo also came in handy for Hyderabad.

Daniel Christian was the only bowler who produced some clinical performance with figures of 1/20 in his four overs. Imran Tahir and Washington Sundar were looking good but surprisingly bowled just 3 overs. The other bowlers were taken away to the cleaners.

For Pune, Ajinkya Rahane continued his poor run in the IPL. On the other hand, his opening partner Rahul Tripathi went on to score an amazing half century. His innings of 59(41) included 6 boundaries and 3 sixes. Captain Steve Smith too looked good until he was outdone by a Rashid Khan delivery.

However the star of the day was MS Dhoni. He paced his innings according to the situation and quite like his reputation waited for the right moment to go bonkers. He had been criticised for his batting in the IPL so far and this innings was a perfect answer to all his detractors.

With 56 runs required in the last 4 overs, Ben Stokes was caught at mid wicket trying to hit a maximum. However, some sensational hitting by Dhoni and Manoj Tiwary helped RPS register their third victory this season. With two required off the last ball, Dhoni dispatched it for a four as he finished things off in style.

Here are some of the Twitter reactions that took place during the course of the game.

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