“Who says he’s old?” It was the collective response in the comment box as Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni took a surprising catch to fire Kolkata Knight Riders bowler Shivam Mavi in a 2020 IPL match in Abu Dhabi. on Wednesday.
That sack also meant that Dhoni became the IPL’s highest-catch goalkeeper. He surpassed his KKR counterpart, Dinesh Karthik. Dhoni now has 104 receptions in the IPL, while Karthik has 103.
In the last over of KKR’s innings, Bravo threw a wider pitch to Shivam Mavi, who was playing his first ball. Mavi made a great effort but got an outside advantage.
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Dhoni, who had just removed his gloves to free his right hand for a pitch, flew to his right, hit the ball with his bare right hand, and then lunged forward to complete a sensational catch.
MS Dhoni video capture against KKR
Shane Watson’s reaction to the third short man was invaluable.
The capture of Dhoni also allowed Dwayne Bravo to complete 150 wickets in the IPL.
Bravo finished 3 of 37 and was one of the picks for bowlers.
CSK made an impressive comeback into the second half of KKR innings after the team led by Dinesh Karthik got off to a brilliant start courtesy of Rahul Tripathi.
Tripathi, who was leading the batting in place of Sunil Narine, scored 81, but Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran and Karn Sharma collected two wickets apiece to disconnect KKR when they were eliminated by 167.
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