Mahendra Singh Dhoni rolled backed the clock with four boundaries and three sixes on Sunday but it was too little too late as the Chennai Super Kings suffered their first loss of the 2024 Indian Premier League, going down by 20 runs to Delhi Capitals in Visakhapatnam.
The 42-year-old from Ranchi, who relinquished his captaincy ahead of the season, walked in with the Super Kings struggling at 120-6 and smashed an unbeaten 37 off 16 deliveries. With the match virtually out of grasp, Dhoni decided to take it as match pratice and turned down singles in the final two overs with Ravindra Jadeja at the other end.
Earlier in the day, the Delhi Capitals won the toss posted 191/5 in their 20 overs after opting to bat first. David Warner (52) and Rishabh Pant (51) struck half centuries, while a returning Prithvi Shaw cracked 43, opening the innings.
Pacer Matheesha Pathirana stood out for the Super Kings with in the field, finishing with figures of 3-31 and also taking a stunning one-handed catch at short third man to dismiss Warner.
Turning point of the match
The Chennai Super Kings struggled in the chase right from the word go, thanks to some exceptional bowling in the powerplay from Khaleel Ahmed and...
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