Dhoni will leave the No.1 spot. Chennai Super Kings needed just 3.5 overs to win the match against Kolkata Knight Riders.
Former Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni’s challenge emerged once again in the IPL 2024 match against Kolkata at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday (April 8).
He was shot during a Cavaliers game. Dhoni ranked 1st after Shivam Dube. 5. Published in 135/3. This time CSK needed 3 runs in 3.5 overs to reach the target of 138 runs. As soon as MS Dhoni came out to bat, the crowd in Chennai went crazy, warmly welcoming ‘Tara’ and chanting her name. In the televised match, the crowd’s noise level was 125 decibels when Dhoni batted.
The shouts and chants for MS Dhoni were so loud that Kolkata Knight Riders‘ all-rounder Andre Russell had to cover his ears. In a video that went viral, Russell was seen near the boundary and quickly covered his body to block out the crowd’s chants for the former CSK leader.
At the end of Chennai Super Kings’ match against SunRisers Hyderabad, MS Dhoni was also seen well by the Hyderabad team as he batted only in the last over of the first innings. When Dhoni came to bat, the crowd went wild and cheers and applause echoed throughout the stadium.
Ruturaj Gaikwad scores 50 as CSK beat KKR
Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings bounced back from two consecutive losses to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets (Riders) for their third in the IPL regular season recorded the victory. CSK’s target is 138 runs remaining over 2.2 overs.
Skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad took the lead in the innings with an unbeaten 68 off 57 balls at a good rate of 115.52. Gaikwad played a well-choreographed spin shot. Shivam Dube (28) and Daryll Mitchell (25) also contributed to Chennai Super Kings’ innings, while MS Dhoni remained unbeaten in 1 over.
According to Indiatv, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Shreyas Iyer was the top scorer with 34 goals from 32 balls, while Sunil Narine and Ankrish Angkrish Raghuvanshi scored 27 goals and 24 goals respectively.
Only the batsman could score more than 20 runs in 20 overs as he posted 137. In the bowling match, Vaibhav Arora led the attack by conceding 28 runs in 4 overs while scalping two wickets. Spinner Sunil Narine took two wickets. With their third win of the season, Chennai Super Kings rose to third place with 6 points, while Kolkata Knight Riders continued their leadership with 6 points.