MS Dhoni weaved his magic yet again as he led Chennai Super Kings in his 10th IPL final. CSK won their fifth title under him on Tuesday. CSK are one of the most successful franchises in the IPL. They have made it to the final 11 times. The combination of Chennai and Jharkhand worked together once again to script history. It remains to be seen whether MS Dhoni will don the yellow jersey once again for CSK.
There was a funny incident that happened after the match. When Deepak Chahar went to MS Dhoni to ask for his autograph. The CSK skipper was visibly angry and denied the autograph at first. Then he relented and gave it to Chahar. MS Dhoni was still very cross with Chahar because he dropped the all-important catch of Shubman Gill and was very lousy on the field.
Here is the video:
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket) May 29, 2023
Chahar has not had the best of seasons for CSK. The right armer had a hamstring injury and had to miss a substantial part of IPL 2023. Chahar had picked up 13 wickets in 10 matches. The 30-year-old had an economy rate of 8.73 and an average of 22.84. In the final Chahar also put down another tough chance of his own bowling against Wriddhiman Saha.
The right-armer did not have a good game with the ball as he picked up 1-38 off his four overs. GT flexed their batting muscles and put up a score of 214 in their 20 overs. In a rain curtailed game, that was reduced to a 15-over contest, CSK had a revised target of 175 under the Duckworth Lewis Method. The MS Dhoni led side came out punching and put together short and useful cameos and pursuit of a still total.
GT did well with the ball as they struck back with crucial wickets at the back end. But that is where the batting depth of CSK came into the fore. Ravindra Jadeja showed why his is one of the best out there. After a tumultuous time with CSK in 2022, he led them to glory when it mattered the most in 2023 in the grand finale at Ahmedabad.
Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:
Dhoni was like... Tu baat mat kar, katti 🤣 Catch nahi pakada isne 😄
— Divyasree Padupalli (@DP_DivyaSree) May 30, 2023
Asaan sa catch nhi pakda Gaya isse 😅
— Knight (@pankitjamwal07) May 29, 2023
Waise dhoni bhai iske pas hi baithte hai flight me
— Sachin Sharma (@SachinS08839739) May 30, 2023
@mahi7__ this duo 😭🤣
— अमृतांश सिंह बैस 𔑹 (@amritanshrajput) May 29, 2023
MS be like: Yeh Chaprio Vali harkat mere saath mat kar
— Aman Kumar Raushan (@exponentialaman) May 29, 2023
Po po unaku lam sign panna mudiyadhu.. Easy catch vidran da avan 🤣🤣🤣
— Goldberg (@uttamavillain00) May 30, 2023
Dhoni be like ; ek toh isne catch drop kar dia, ab autograph lene aaya hai, 😼😼
— Sumit ⚓🗡 (@Crazysumi5) May 30, 2023
Mahi bahy bol rhe hai issko autograph nhi dera mai catch pakadta nhi hai 😂
— Noob Cricketer080 (@cricketer080) May 29, 2023
There is no replacement for Dhoni as of now. Nobody even close to his stature. Nobody talk about stats/ numbers anything when it comes to him. Just this man and his aura. I wonder who will be that kind of player in future.
— Shaurya Garg (@DrShauryaGarg) May 30, 2023
Catch pattale nuvvu 🥲😅 pic.twitter.com/HNQvQgSb1K
— VENKATESH ANNEPU (@venkatesh_462) May 30, 2023
Bkc tumhari, easy catch nahi pakadthe yaar..
— Arjava | ಆರ್ಜವ | आर्जव (@jashwanth__sr) May 29, 2023
Dhoni giving back what he received from GT coach😂
Matured Dhoni knows signing on a current player’s tshirt is disrespecting the team Jersey.
— SamD 🇮🇳🇺🇸 (@revisitorSam) May 29, 2023