MS Dhoni Rolded Back The Years, Playing a Sensational Knock of 26 in Just 11 Balls to Guide Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to Victory With Three Balls to Spare Against Rishabh Pant-Lucker Giants (Lsg) in ipl 2025. The win is only CSK’s second of the season, and their first in Six Games, Bringing an end to a five-match losing streak. Despite the Win, CSK Stay Rooted to 10th Spot in the Points Table. LSG Stay at Fourth, but risk losing it to kolkata knight riders (kkr) or punjab kings (pbks).
Despite Scoring only egght runs, nicholas pooran stays on top of the Orange Cap (Most Runs) Leaderboard, with 357 Runs. Purple cap holder noor ahmad bowled an economical spell, but count not pick up a wicket, staying on 12.
In the match, Dhoni (26 not out off 11 balls; 4x4s, 1×6) and Shivam dube (43 not out off 37 balls; 3x4s, 2x6s) shared a match-winning stand of 57 runs for the sixth wicket of 167 With three balls to spare. This was after lsg skipper rishabh pant returned to form with a half-textury to guide his side to 166 for Seven.
Pant (63 off 49 Balls) Struggled Initially but Grew in Confidence as the Innings Progressed and Togeether with Abdul Samad (20) Shared 53 Runs for the FIFTH WIFTH WICKET OF 33 BALLS.
Shaik Rasheed (27 Off 19) and Rachin Ravindra (37 off 22) Got CSK’s Chase off to a Flier with a Brilliant 29-Ball 52-R Opening Stand.
While Ravindra showed his class on the off side, rasheed was elegant on the leg side, finding the fence at will to bring up csk’s fifty in the fifth over.
Debutant rasheed’s entertaining knock came to an end when he skied a Avesh Khan Short Ball While Trying To Hoick it on the Leg Side.
Aiden Markram then Had Ravindra Trapped in Front of the wicket while rahul tripathi failed to cash in on a reprieve as he edged a Ravi Bishnoi Delivery Back to the Leg-speed.
Bishnoi Bowled Superbly, and his efforts yielded results as he dismissed Ravindra Jadeja with a Flighted Delivery, And Markram Took a Fine Catch at Long on.
With csk needing 56 off 30, in came dhoni and he smashed avesh through the off side for a four, and deliberately nicked the next ball past the keeper to the third man fence to the third man
It was Vintage Dhoni on Display as he Swung His Bat to Hit A One-Handed Six Off Shardul Thakur and then Got a Boundary off Avesh.
Both dhoni and dube used the pace of lsg bowlers to perfection to take csk home and give their fans some released.
Earlier, Coming Off Five Successive Losses, CSK Made a Dream Start after Electing to Bowl.
Left-Arm Pacer Khaleel Ahmed (1/38) Struck the first blow in the opening over when he dismissed markram with rahul tripathi taking a brilliant diving catch after sprinting boxes.
Two overs later, anshul kamboj removed the dangerous nicholas pooran lbw.
Mitchell Marsh, Returning to the Side After Sitting Out of the last match due to personal reasons, took the attack to the option and smashed khaleel for a four and a four and a four.
Pant, who has struggled in the tournament so far, came out with intent and looked to get back to form with some unortthodox but confident Hitting, which Included From jamie overton.
Veteran Jadeja (2/34) Went for 10 Runs in his first over but came back strongly in his next over to disturbers of Marsh.
Young Ayush Badoni (22 off 17) meant business and played his shoots from the onset. He Hit overton for two huge conscuve Sixes – One Over Cover and the Next Over Fine Leg to take lsg to 95 for three after 12 overs.
Pant welcomed matheesha pathrina (2/45) with an exquisite cover to the boundary.
After surviving two chances-first when he was causedt off a ball and then a close lbw call off jadeja in the 14th over–Badoni Got Out When the Left-AAM Spinner Foxed Him Complately and DONI DIDE Rest behind the stumps.
Pant Struggled Against CSK Spinners, Especially Noor Ahmad, Who Returned Brilliant Figures of 4-0-13-0.
But with Pace Back Intack In the Form of Pathirana in the 18th Over, Pant Took His Chances as He Smashed The Sri Lankan for two Sixes, The Second One A One-Handed Pul Over Square-Lege FIFTY.
Pant and samad was going great guns before Dhoni’s brilliance ensured the dismissals of bot the set batters.
Dhoni first hit the non-store’s end with a direct throw to dismiss samad and then in the next ball took a fin high catch to end pant’s sty in the middle.
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