Dhoni was dismissed for the first time after 7 matches!

Dhoni was dismissed for the first time after 7 matches in the IPL 2024 series in the 49th league match against punjab Kings. The 49th league match between chennai Super Kings and punjab Kings is currently taking place at MA chidambaram Stadium. In this, punjab Kings captain sam Karan, who won the toss, chose to bowl. Accordingly, both Ruduraj Gaekwad and Ajinkya Rahane were fielded as openers in the CSK team.

 In this, both of them started calmly. While CSK had scored 23 runs in 4 overs, 14 runs including 3 boundaries were scored in the 5th over. Rahane hit 3 boundaries in the 6th over and CSK scored 55 runs without losing a wicket in the powerplay. After that, Harpreet Brar and rahul Chahar took turns bowling and taking wickets. Also, Brar took the wickets of Rahane and shivam Dubey in the same over. Rahane was bowled out for 29 runs by Dubey in a golden duck fashion.

 Next ravindra jadeja was dismissed for 2 runs. After the powerplay, spinners Brar and Chahar both bowled well and controlled the runs. Both bowled 7 overs and gave only 30 runs. In this, they captured 3 wickets. It is also noteworthy that CSK did not hit a single boundary in 54 balls after the powerplay. Rizvi, who followed Jadeja, was dismissed for 21 runs. moeen ali was bowled out for 15 runs and Ruduraj Gaekwad scored 62 runs in the last innings with a superb half-century. Ruduraj Gaekwad scored 46, 67*, 108*, 98, 62 while playing in Chepauk.

Finally, dhoni came into the field in the 17.6th over, played 11 balls and scored 14 runs, including a four and a six. dhoni has been dismissed for the first time this season. dhoni has scored 37*(16), 1*(2), 1*(3), 20*(4), 28*(9), 4*(1), 5*(2) respectively in the 7 innings he has played.

But in this match, he scored 14 runs in 11 balls including one four and one six and was run out in the last ball. By hitting a six in this match, he has hit 248 sixes in the history of IPL cricket. Finally chennai Super Kings scored 162 runs losing 7 wickets in 20 overs.

As far as bowling is concerned, Harpreet Brar and rahul Chahar took 2 wickets each. Arshdeep Singh and Ghazizo Rabada took one wicket each