Virat Kohli praises MS Dhoni’s champion knock against SRH

Dhoni scored 61 off 34 to take RPS through the chase on the last ball.

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Former Indian captain and the captain of the Rising Supergiant Mahendra Singh Dhoni hadn’t quite found his rhythm in the tenth edition of the IPL and after five matches was feeling the heat to get a big knock. Today was the perfect occasion and he took his team home in style. His India successor and opponent in the IPL, RCB skipper Virat Kohli also relished watching Dhoni’s knock in Pune today.

Though he wouldn’t show it on his face but with a lot of expectation and scrutiny following him all around the man certainly wanted to make it count this time. Pune was chasing a big total and needed someone to finish things off for them and the finisher scored a half century and did the job for his team.

Soon after the conclusion of the game Virat tweeted- “Ms Dhoni does what he’s done with so much confidence over the years. What a champion knock. Great to watch”

The target was stiff as 177 was certainly 15 runs over what was considered the par on this ground. RPS opener Rahul Tripathi’s half century helped the team off to a decent start and skipper Steve Smith also had a start before being dismissed for 27, contributions from Ben Stokes and Manoj Tiwary allowed Dhoni the breathing space to get himself in and then go for the kill towards the end.

He hit the purple cap holder Bhuvneshwar Kumar for two boundaries and a six in the 19th over to accumulate as many from the over and with 11 needed from 6 it was always Dhoni’s chase. He smashed Siddharth Kaul through extra cover for a boundary on the last ball to seal the game for Pune and take them to the 4th spot in the points table with three wins in seven matches.

Following the team’s morale-boosting win Harsh Goenka who has enjoyed his bit criticizing Dhoni also lauded the former skipper and tweeted- “Masterful innings by Dhoni. Great to see him back in form. Nobody can be a greater finisher. Takes @RPSupergiants to a nail-biting win.”

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