After almost 4 years in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Chennai Super Kings, who played on the home ground of Chepauk Stadium, registered their first win in the tournament. The team has defeated Lucknow Supergiants by 12 runs. CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 12 runs in 3 balls with the help of 2 sixes.
The stadium echoed with slogans as soon as Dhoni came to bat. The spectators enjoyed Dhoni's batting by lighting their mobile flashlights. Shivam Dubey hit a 102-metre six and Krunal Pandya took a brilliant diving catch. We will know such top moments of the match in this news. Click here to read the match report ...
Dog entered the ground
A dog entered the Chepauk stadium only after the match started. The security guards tried to drive him away for a long time. During this, Lucknow Supergiants bowler Avesh Khan also started chasing Dogi, but after some time the guards managed to drive Dogi away.
At the Chepauk Stadium, Doggie ran in front of Lucknow Supergiants bowler Avesh Khan.
A diving catch by Krunal Pandya
Put in to bat after losing the toss in the first innings, Rituraj Gaikwad and Devon Conway got off to a good start. Ravi Bishnoi got Gaikwad out in the 10th over. In the very next over, Devon Conway played a pull shot off Mark Wood's ball.
The ball went in the direction of square leg, where Krunal Pandya ran in and took an excellent diving catch. Conway was dismissed after scoring 47 runs in 29 balls. CSK's score was 118/2 at the time of his wicket.
Krunal Pandya took a diving catch like this.
Shivam Dubey hit a 102 meter six
Shivam Dubey of CSK hit 3 sixes in the match. He scored an innings of 27 runs off 16 balls and took the team towards a strong score. In this innings, he hit a six of 102 metres. Which is also the longest six of this season. Apart from him, Kyle Mayers of Lucknow and Nehal Wadhera of Mumbai have also hit sixes of more than 100 metres.
Shivam Dubey hit a total of 3 sixes in his innings of 27 runs.
Dhoni's 2 consecutive sixes
In the first innings, CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit 2 sky-high sixes. In the 20th over of the innings, he hit Mark Wood's second ball over deep point and the third ball towards square leg for a six. He got out on the very next ball.
As soon as Dhoni came to bat, slogans of 'Dhoni...Dhoni...' started echoing in the Chepauk Stadium. To support him, the audience also turned on the flashlight of their mobiles. After Dhoni's sixes, CSK finished their innings at 217/7.
The spectators who reached Chepauk Stadium to support Dhoni who came to bat enjoyed Dhoni's batting by lighting flashlights.
Dhoni hit the first six towards deep point.
Tushar Deshpande bowled an 11-ball over
CSK's impact player Tushar Deshpande bowled a total of 11 balls in the very first over of his spell. He bowled 2 no-balls and 2 wides as the fourth ball after conceding 3 runs in 3 balls of the fourth over. The next ball was hit for a four and he again bowled the next ball wide. A six was hit in the last 2 balls.
In this way Tushar Deshpande bowled an 11-ball over and gave away 18 runs in that over. He also bowled a wide and a no-ball in the last over of the innings, but he defended 28 runs in the last over to give his team a 12-run win.
Tushar Deshpande bowled an 11-ball over. When he was continuously throwing extra balls, the team captain Dhoni was seen explaining to him.
Now see some more interesting photos of the match...
During the toss, commentators Ian Bishop and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were seen having a funny conversation.
When Rituraj Gaikwad hit a six in the last over of the powerplay, the ball went straight to the car kept in the stadium. This car will be awarded to the player of the tournament.
KL Rahul takes an unsuccessful review for a wide. After which the team's mentor Gautam Gambhir looked disappointed like this.
Ben Stokes, sold in the auction for a price of 16.25 crores, was seen bowling for the first time in this season. He bowled only one over and gave away 18 runs.
Fans in large numbers reached the stadium in yellow jerseys to support CSK and Dhoni.
Superfan of Mahendra Singh Dhoni reached Chepauk stadium wearing number 7 jersey.
