Chennai Super Kings (CSK) keeper-batter MS Dhoni came up with a magical effort behind the stumps in the ongoing game against Mumbai Indians (MI). The third game of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 is taking place at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
In what was a moment of brilliance, MS Dhoni produced a lighting quick stumping behind the stumps to remove Mumbai Indians stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav. The right-hander was looking solid with the bat, and it needed something special to remove him.
On the third ball of the 11th over, Noor Ahmad bowled a delivery that spun away, and Suryakumar Yadav went for a big booming inside-out drive. The Mumbai Indians batter played for a leg spin, but it spun away, and MS Dhoni behind the stumps came up with a brilliant effort.
MS Dhoni behind the stumps affected the stumping even before Suryakumar Yadav completed the bat swing. His hands didn’t go back on the gather and came up with the aggressive forward push towards the stumps to send the Mumbai Indians batter packing.
Watch: MS Dhoni comes up with brilliant stumping to send Suryakumar Yadav packing in CSK vs MI
Here’s the video:
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Suryakumar Yadav scores 29 runs off 26 balls.
Suryakumar Yadav, who walked out to bat at No.4, couldn’t carry on the start that he had. The stand-in captain of the team was back in the hut after scoring 29 runs off 26 balls. He batted with a strike rate of over 111 and also slammed two fours and 1 six in his innings.
With the wicket of Suryakumar Yadav, Mumbai Indians were left reeling at 87/4. However, after that, they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. However, it was Deepak Chahar, who came up with the brilliant cameo in the end to take his team to the competitive total.
Deepak Chahar plays unbeaten innings of 28 runs off 15 balls to power Mumbai Indians to the total of 155
Deepak Chahar played a brilliant innings of 28 runs off 15 balls. He batted with a strike rate of over 187 and also slammed 2 fours and 2 sixes in his innings. His knock with the bat powered Mumbai Indians to a total of 155, which at one moment seemed impossible.
For Chennai Super Kings, Noor Ahmad was the pick of the bowlers as he picked four wickets and returned with the figures of 4/18. Along with him, Khaleel Ahmed also bagged three wickets. Nathan Ellis and Ravichandran Ashwin bagged one scalp each.
Chennai Super Kings would be fancying themselves to chase the target and win the first game of the IPL 2025. The fans would be hoping that MS Dhoni comes to bat and entertains the crowd with his sixes.
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