Between Chennai Super Kings and Gujarat Titans on Tuesday Qualifier 1 Played in Chepauk. Gujarat captain Hardik Pandya won the toss and elected to field first. When going to bat first in Chepauk, Chennai registered 172 runs for 7 wickets. In reply, Gujarat’s batsmen collapsed for 157 runs. Against Mahini’s move, one after the other Gujarati batters kept measuring the distance between dug out and pitch number-5. Hardik Pandya was also a victim of Dhoni’s moves. The video of which is also becoming very viral on social media.
Dhoni’s mind is very sharp. He is considered one of the greatest captains in the world. In an important match, Dhoni saw the best of his captaincy in Chepauk. In which the Gujarat team was trapped. Thus, Dhoni gave his team a direct entry to the final on Tuesday. While the Gujarat team led by Hardik Pandya will have to wait till Friday to reach the final.
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Trapped Pandya
Hardik Pandya returned after losing his wicket cheaply during the power play. He could not even add double-figure runs to the team’s tally. Hardik Pandya is a threat player for the rival team. Dealing with it quickly is a prayer strategy every rival team makes. Dhoni was introducing his captaincy with an important move and Hardik was filled with it. Dhoni fell victim to Mahish Tikshana on the fifth ball of the final over of the power play. He was caught by Ravindra Jadeja.
However, Ravindra Jadeja was fielding at square leg before taking this catch. But before Mahish came with the fifth ball, Dhoni suddenly changed the fielding. Jadeja was removed from square leg and edged to covers. Dhoni recognized Hardik’s intention as he was trying to hit it over the circle on the off-stump. Dhoni made a move to add a fielder to the side for this. Along with this, immediately on that ball, Hardik gave an easy catch in the hand of Jadeja at point. Hardik was going for a shot over the covers, but the fielder was caught at point.
Dhoni moved a fielder to the off-side a ball prior to Hardik getting dismissed! #GTvCSK #TATAIPL #Qualifier1 #IPLonJioCinema pic.twitter.com/oJow2Vp2rj
— JioCinema (@JioCinema) May 23, 2023
Chennai Super Kings secured the win by 172 runs. Chennai won due to Dhoni’s tremendous captaincy. The best performance of the season, Gujarat Titans finished the team 15 runs short of the target and won.
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