: Praise continues to pour in for Dhoni the finisher for his match-winning innings vs MI #IndiaNEWS #Cricket Mumbai, April 23 | Appreciation for Mahendra Singh Dhoni the finisher continues to pour in

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Praise continues to pour in for Dhoni the finisher for his match-winning innings vs MI #IndiaNEWS #Cricket
Mumbai, April 23 | Appreciation for Mahendra Singh Dhoni the finisher continues to pour in despite the former India skipper having won the game for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai India two day back with his keen sense of timing and keeping his cool in extremely trying conditions.
Dhonis blistering 13-ball unbeaten 28 helped CSK clinch a last-ball thriller against the five-time champions, scoring 16 runs off the last four deliveries to help Chennai win their second game in IPL 2022.
Chasing a modest target of 156 for victory, CSK were in trouble at 16/2 after losing the wickets of Ruturaj Gaikwad (0) and Mitchell Santner (11) early at the DY Patil Stadium on April 21. Robin Uthappa (30) and Ambati Rayudu (40) stitched a partnership of 50 runs for the third wicket, but once they got out, Chennai were back in trouble. Shivam Dube (13) and Ravindra Jadeja (3) didnt do much.
It was Dwaine Pretorius (22 off 14) and Dhoni (28 not out off 13) who hit important runs and kept CSK in the chase till the last over. CSK needed 17 runs in the last over and Pretorius was trapped leg-before by Jaydev Unadkat off the first ball. DJ Bravo came to bat next and took a single in the second ball of the over, with 16 still to get.
Unadkat erred in length while trying to go full and wide and ended up offering a ball in the slot that Dhoni hit for a straight six in the third ball. The left-arm pacer took the pace off on the next and went short but Dhoni saw that coming, camped back and pulled it to the square leg fence, taking the chase down to 6 off 2 balls.
The veteran batter took 2 runs in the fifth ball, bringing the equation to 4 off 1, which Dhoni polished off with a whip of the wrists on a low full toss that beat the short fine leg fielder to the fence and sealed a memorable three-wicket victory for CSK.
Australian cricketer Chris Lynn hailed Dhonis game awareness and said on espncricinfo that, MS knew where the ball was going to be. The guy is so powerful, he is agile, and even his running between the wickets was very crucial. Talk about belief, just his hunger and his game awareness is the best in the tournament. MS Dhoni is the master. Even though they won the game, he never shows too much emotion. It is his belief and hunger, and he has still got it. You have to give him credit. He is agile, he is competing, and he wants to win, said Lynn.
Dhoni has so much passion for cricket. He has so much passion for CSK. The players of that calibre, they will always be at the top and do well and that experience will tell, thats what hes doing, CSK CEO KS Viswanathan said.
Former India cricket team trainer Ramji Srinivasan said Dhoni has a different mindset altogether.

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