MS Dhoni’s 9-year-old tweet goes viral after his flamboyant innings of 32 against Rajasthan Royals (Sportzpix)
MS Dhoni’s 9-year-old tweet went viral after the CSK skipper scored 32 off 17 balls but Chennai Super Kings could not seal a win over Rajasthan Royals.
MS Dhoni pulled off a near-miraculous win for Chennai Super Kings against Rajasthan Royals at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Wednesday, with Sanju Samson’s side winning by just 3 runs off the last ball. Dhoni couldn’t take CSK over the line and Sandeep Sharma showed his guts to guide RR to victory, but after the match, a tweet from 9 years old M S Dhoni resurfaced on the internet which completely justifies everything he was saying about himself almost a decade ago.
Dhoni had tweeted in March 2014 that no matter which team wins, it is here to entertain the spectators and even after 9 years the tweet rings true word for word.
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The 41-year-old continues to be a huge crowd-puller, CSK is the leading IPL franchise when it comes to social media engagement In the first week of IPL 2023, and even after ‘Thala’ Dhoni failed to finish it off in style in Chennai, he gave fans a glimpse of his old self when he used to finish games under pressure.
Check out MS Dhoni’s 9-year-old tweet that resurfaced after Rajasthan Royals beat Chennai Super Kings:
The former Indian captain scored a quickfire 32 in just 17 balls at a strike rate of 188.24 as he helped Rajasthan Royals chase down CSK to survive the contest till the last ball after being reduced to 113/6. ‘ Target of 176 runs.
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Even at the age of 41, this veteran wicket-keeper batsman has scored almost 22 million Indians were glued to their screens.
The stage was set, it was Dhoni’s 200th match leading the Yellow Army and his team needed just 5 runs to win off the last ball, however, Sandeep bowled a text and the CSK skipper only Could take only one run.
While the end of the match did not prove to be as iconic as it had been in previous years, there is no denying the fact that Dhoni is still a great man, and an entertainer, as his tweet suggested.
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Meanwhile, Rajasthan Royals’ latest win has taken them to the top of the IPL 2023 standings, while the four-time IPL champions remain fifth with two wins from four matches.
Dhoni and CSK will return to action against Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 17 as both the sides look to get back to winning ways at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
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