Brief Scores
Royal Challengers Bangalore: 205/8 in 20 overs; AB de Villiers 68, Quinton de Kock 53; Dwayne Bravo 2/33, Imran Tahir 2/35
Chennai Super Kings: 207/5 in 19.4 overs; Ambati Rayudu 82, MS Dhoni 70*; Yuzvendra Chahal 2/26, Umesh Yadav 1/23
Chennai Super Kings beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by five wickets
Player of the Match: MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni once again proved that he has everything one needs to be the best finisher in the game. In the league match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), MS Dhoni turned the clock back with his vintage hitting and united cricket fans across the world with his outstanding display of batting.
MS Dhoni formed a match-winning partnership with Ambati Rayudu and stayed till the end to take his side home. Dhoni remained unbeaten at the score of 70 runs 34 balls, hitting 7 sixes and 1 four.
Dhoni has always enjoyed batting at the Chinnaswamy stadium and he did no harm to his reputation by winning yet another match for CSK with his bat. After the match, fans, cricketers and pundits got together in praising Dhoni’s effort and he was one of the most trending topics of discussion on social media.
Dhoni’s CSK teammates Harbhajan Singh and Suresh Raina also took to Twitter and beautiful messages for their captain.
Here is what Harbhajan Singh tweeted:
Absolutely superb @msdhoni! This is why you’re known as the best finisher! And a smashing innings from @RayuduAmbati! CSK all the way! #RCBvsCSK #WhistlePodu
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) April 25, 2018
Read Suresh Raina’s tweet here:
Nothing can go wrong till @msdhoni is at the crease. Vintage stuff from captain cool!! An excellent innings from @RayuduAmbati to set things up for us. All in all a great win for @ChennaiIPL! Keep it boys! #RCBvCSK #IPL2018 pic.twitter.com/NBgyn1YI9J
— Suresh Raina?? (@ImRaina) April 25, 2018
