CSK vs PBKS: Chennai set a target of 201 runs in front of Punjab, MA Chidambaram Stadium was buzzing with the noise of Dhoni-Dhoni

CSK vs PBKS: At the MA Chidambaram Stadium, the 41st IPL 2023 game is currently being played between the Chennai Super Kings and Shikhar Dhawan's Punjab Kings. Chennai scored 200 runs in 20 overs while batting first, suffering a four-wicket loss. To win this game, Punjab must score 201 runs.

Match Details

• Match: CSK vs PBKS
• Match Number: 41, TATA IPL 2023
• Date: Sunday, April 30, 2023
• Toss: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and opt to bat
• Time: 3:30 PM
• Venue: MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

MA Chidambaram Stadium was buzzing with the noise of Dhoni-Dhoni

Actually in the last match against Rajasthan Royals all Chennai fans were waiting for Mahendra Singh Dhoni to bat but Dhoni did not come to bat. Even in today's match, it did not look like Dhoni would not get a chance to bat but in the last over Dhoni came to bat and scored 13 runs at a strike rate of 325 in four balls. He hit Sam Curran for two sixes in the last two balls.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's fan following in cricket is so much that just by taking his single, there is noise on the ground. So you can imagine the kind of atmosphere it must have created at the MA Chidambaram Stadium when he hit two sixes in the last two balls. All the fans were shouting Dhoni-Dhoni.

Chennai Super Kings Scorecard

Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first at the home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Chennai team scored 200 runs for the loss of just four wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.

Chennai got off to a good start as Ruturaj Gaikwad and Conway shared an 86-run partnership for the first wicket. Conway scored an unbeaten 92 off 52 balls with 16 fours and a six. While his fellow batsman Ruturaj Gaikwad scored 37 runs in 31 balls with the help of four fours and a six. Ajinkya Rahane did not get a chance to bat today. In his place, Shivam Dubey scored 28 runs in 17 balls with the help of one-four and two sixes. Finisher King Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 13 runs in four balls with the help of two sixes.

TOTAL: 200-4 (20 Overs)

CSK vs PBKS Playing

Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Ambati Rayudu, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Matheesha Pathirana, Tushar Deshpande, Maheesh Theekshana

Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma (wk), Shahrukh Khan, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Arshdeep Singh

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