It was an ‘MS Dhoni show’ in the first match of TATA IPL 2022. KKR skipper Shreyas Iyer had elected to bowl first after winning the toss.
CSK kept losing wickets in regular intervals during their innings and at one stage were struggling at 61-5. That is when the veterans MS Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja stitched a brilliant 70-run partnership and helped the team reach a respectable total of 131-5.
MS Dhoni took his time early on his innings, but went berzerk in the death overs. CSK scored 47 runs in the last 3 overs. Dhoni scored 50 unbeaten runs off 38 deliveries. His knock consisted of 7 fours and 1 maximum. This was his first fifty after 2 seasons. His last IPL fifty came in 2019 against RCB (84 not out off 48 balls).
Here is how twitter reacted to MS Dhoni’s Fifty:
MS Dhoni playing a match after 162 days and he scored 50*(38) – The best ever.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 26, 2022
Well played by @msdhoni.
He started slowly but used his experience and a combination of composure, aggression and common sense to get @ChennaiIPL to where they are.Their bowlers will have to bowl exceedingly well to defend the total on this pitch. #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/BmfKRyDJOd
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 26, 2022
MS Dhoni has scored 24 runs in last 8 balls – Thala is back.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 26, 2022
MS Dhoni tonight: #CSKvKKR #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/9ULnPyxrne
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) March 26, 2022
Dhoni bhai, khush mat karo yaar bc mushkil match hain.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 26, 2022
MS Dhoni even at the age of 40 carries hopes of CSK. That is something about the man, what a legend of the game!
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 26, 2022
MS freaking Dhoni! That was the vintage one… Finally.
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) March 26, 2022
MS Dhoni under Jadeja's captaincy pic.twitter.com/DgFsJZashx
— Shivani (@meme_ki_diwani) March 26, 2022
Vintage MS Dhoni. What a sight!😍😍😍#IPL2022 #CSKvKKR
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) March 26, 2022
Dhoni stealing Pant’s thunder w one handed shots
— Sritama (Ross Taylor’s version) (@cricketpun_duh) March 26, 2022
Dhoni turns bCk the clock with bang bang strokes!
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) March 26, 2022
One man army … why fear when #dhoni is there..!! @msdhoni #50 back in action..!!!! @ChennaiIPL pic.twitter.com/ab40aTTVoj
— 𝑽𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒎𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒌𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒓 (@varusarath5) March 26, 2022
Today Dhoni was 🔥 #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/Lq2pSpCgjt
— Kaushik (@CricKaushik_) March 26, 2022
That was brilliant inning from Dhoni. Not easy not playing thru out the year and produce the inning like this!
— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) March 26, 2022
Top stuff.. picture abhi baaki hai @msdhoni @ChennaiIPL @IPL
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) March 26, 2022
Chennai Super Kings was 84 for 5 from 17 overs then posted 131 for 5 from 20 overs – Thanks to main man, MS Dhoni. pic.twitter.com/X3yBrT9Vhb
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) March 26, 2022
For KKR, Umesh Yadav was the pick of the bowlers as he registered figures of 20/2 in his quota of four overs. Varun Chakaravarthy and Andre Russell each took one wicket.
Meanwhile, two days before the start of the IPL 2022 season, Dhoni made an announcement that broke the hearts of many fans. Dhoni handed over the CSK captaincy to Ravindra Jadeja. The franchise, through a media release confirmed the news.
As the captain of CSK, MS Dhoni had a fantastic record. The team won four IPL titles and two Champions League (CLT20) titles under his leadership. The Super Kings have made it to the finals nine times, a record. Except for the 2020 season, they have always qualified to the IPL playoffs.
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