MS Dhoni, once again, was at his destructive best in the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2018). Dhoni, who was under pressure before the start of the season for his low strike rate, has been absolutely smashing the bowlers out of the park, and it would be fair to say that he has turned the clock back.
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In the last couple of years, MS Dhoni struggled to close the matches for India and also for his IPL franchises. A section of fans and media have been criticising him and saying that he is no more the finisher he used to be. But, as always, the Ranchi lad has answered the critics in the most aggressive and elegant manner i.e. with his bat and right from the middle.
After playing an incredible match-winning knock against Royal Challengers Bangalore, MS Dhoni played a thundering cameo against Delhi Daredevils and scored a blistering fifty off just 22 balls.
MS Dhoni looked completely calm and composed and the middle and smashed all the Delhi bowlers for massive sixes on the on-side. He was in the zone and Delhi Daredevils’ bowlers, including the experienced Trent Boult, had no answer to his power and antics.
CSK and MS Dhoni fans were over the moon after seeing his batting performance and we have embedded some of the best tweets here:
Dhoni’s flat sixes would have reached another planet if earth was flat.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 30, 2018
51* Off 22 Balls
2 Fours, 5 Sixes
Strike Rate 231.8MS Dhoni Is Here To Rule. Don’t You Dare Write Him Off. ??? #CSKvDD #CSKvsDD #WhistlePodu #Dhoni pic.twitter.com/K5JSfvu0CM
— Sir Jadeja fan (@SirJadeja) April 30, 2018
MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI 51* off just 22 balls ? #CSKvsDD pic.twitter.com/CGMK6zmdb3
— A N K I T (@Ankitaker) April 30, 2018
Now there are 3 #CSK batsmen in the TOP5 run getters this #IPL2018,
1 #Rayudu – 370
2 #Williamson – 322
3 #Kohli – 317
4 #Dhoni – 286
5 #Watson – 281Form team @ChennaiIPL #CSKvsDD
— Kaushik LM (@LMKMovieManiac) April 30, 2018
22 balls half century for Dhoni and his last 16 balls
6, 1, 6, 6, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 6, 6, 4, 0, 2
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) April 30, 2018
It’s the #Dhoni show at #Pune @ChennaiIPL. Slam bang and big, powerful strikes from the bat of the #CSK skipper. ????#VIVOIPL
— shalabh seth (@coolshalabh2010) April 30, 2018
22 ball Half century for #Dhoni ? #CSKvDD
— Manish Kalauni (@DearManishJi) April 30, 2018
This is MS Dhoni from a decade ago. Insanity! ??? #CSKvDD
— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) April 30, 2018
https://twitter.com/IPL2018_Live/status/990988061499625472
The king is still alive .
Dhoni does it again ..??????. #Dhoni #ipl #cskvdd @ChennaiIPL @msdhoni— Parthik Chaudhary (@Parthik1111) April 30, 2018
#Dhoni is currently in the form of his life. Delightful hitting all over the ground. What an enjoyable cameo that was! #MSD ?#CSKvDD
— Surendhar MK (@SurendharMK) April 30, 2018
Dhoni 51(22) legend for reason @ChennaiIPL #WhistlePodu#CSKvDD
— Vishal Brahmbhatt (@VMilkeyway) April 30, 2018
Once again ?
Outstanding performance of #Dhoni
Jio sher…….#IPL2018 #CSKvsDD #DDvsCSK— Er. Shailendra Pandey (@__shailendra) April 30, 2018
How Calm Dhoni Looked in dis match and The One aganist Rcb #CSKvDD
— SaahiL (@IemSaahil) April 30, 2018
MS Dhoni MS Dhoni after
the start of IPL before IPL 2018 2018 pic.twitter.com/qhvWxnfCpe— Madhav Sharma (@HashTagCricket) April 30, 2018