All eyes had been on Kieron Pollard when he took the sphere in opposition to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Thursday. A day after drawing curtains on his 15-year-old worldwide profession, the Caribbean all-rounder was anticipated to seek out his batting mojo again. The approach his innings took off, the Mumbai Indians followers hoped for a Pollard particular on the DY Patil Stadium. But to everybody’s disappointment, he managed simply 14 runs off 9 deliveries.
Accompanied by Tilak Varma, Pollard was starting to open his arms earlier than he fell into the lure set by former CSK captain and legendary wicketkeeper-batter MS Dhoni.
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The incident occurred within the 17th over, when Maheesh Teekshana got here into the assault. Dhoni knew very properly that Pollard will go after the Sri Lankan spinner as he did in his earlier over; smashing a six over long-on. Thus, Dhoni made some adjustments to the sphere and posted a person close to the long-on boundary however a bit straighter. To everybody’s shock, the ploy labored and Pollard ended up scoring 14 off 9 balls.
Theekshana bowled a flattish carrom ball, Pollard regarded to go aerial and ended up getting caught by Shivam Dube on the long-on.
— Maqbool (@im_maqbool) April 21, 2022
As quickly because the MI batter was dismissed, all of the elated Dhoni followers took to social media and heaped reward on their favorite cricketer.
Here are a number of the reactions:
Field set by MS Dhoni, subsequent ball Kieron Pollard out. pic.twitter.com/qmg00JFwMM
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 21, 2022
No want caption.@MSDhoni #IPL2022 #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/dBoozLInF4
— DHONI Trends™ (@TrendsDhoni) April 21, 2022
MasterThoughts MS Dhoni!
Screenshot Credits: StarSports/IPL pic.twitter.com/YWpCNec8ut
— MS Dhoni Fans Official (@msdfansofficial) April 21, 2022
Field alternative of Pollard earlier than the wkt by Master thoughts MS Dhoni pic.twitter.com/5hhPOnoBvV
— :/ (@MSDhoniwarriors) April 21, 2022
MS Dhoni positioned a fielder for Kieron Pollard and he will get out on the very subsequent ball. MS continues to be the chief. Legend. #IPL2022 pic.twitter.com/i1FAmjDFC3
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) April 21, 2022
Pacer Mukesh Choudhary’s sensational bowling efficiency (3/19) helped CSK limit MI to 155/7. Besides the left-arm fast, Dwayne Bravo (2/36), Mitchell Santner (1/16) and Maheesh Theekshana (1/35) had been the wicket-takers for Chennai.
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Chennai may’ve picked a few extra wickets within the second over however MS Dhoni missed the stumping of Suryakumar Yadav whereas skipper Ravindra Jadeja dropped the catch of Dewald Brevis. However, the defending champions didn’t have to attend a lot for the subsequent wicket as Choudhary removed the South African teenager in his second over.
On the opposite hand, Tilak Varma performed a preventing knock and top-scored for Mumbai with an unbeaten 51 off 43 deliveries.
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