MS Dhoni was highly praised for the way he got the wicket of Shubman Gill in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 final off Ravindra Jadeja's bowling. It came in the seventh over when Ravindra Jadeja was bowling. It was a fast turner by Jadeja, which broke away outside off and fooled Gill as the turn took the ball past the outside edge. Dhoni collected it cleanly and whipped the bails in a flash as Gill failed to drag his back leg in time.
However, MS Dhoni is not on top of the list for the most dismissals in IPL 2023. This special record goes to Mumbai Indians (MI) wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan, who, despite being hot and cold with the bat this season, has taken the most dismissals this season.
Kishan took 13 dismissals this season, having played 16 matches for his team. His catches include 10 catches and three stumpings. The youngster is two ahead of GT wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha, who had 11 dismissals — nine catches and two stumpings.
Dhoni is fifth on this list, below Rahmanullah Gurbaz of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Dinesh Karthik of the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). All three of them managed 10 dismissals each but Gurbaz tops the list having played 11 games, while Karthik played 13 and Dhoni played 16 matches.
Full list of most dismissals by wicketkeepers IPL 2023:
13: Ishan Kishan (MI)
11: Wriddhiman Saha (GT)
10: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR)
10: Dinesh Karthik (RCB)
10: MS Dhoni (CSK)
About the IPL 2023 GT vs CSK Final:
Young and uncapped batter Sai Sudharsan led the charge in the first innings as GT set CSK an imposing target of 215 in the IPL 2023 final. His innings finished at 96 runs off just 47 balls, at a strike rate of 204.25 with 8 fours and 6 sixes to his name. He failed to complete his century after being caught LBW by CSK pacer Matheesha Pathirana.
Sudharsan stepped up to the occasion after the early wicket of the in-form Shubman Gill, who is also the current Orange Cap holder as well. After the bright start that openers Wriddhiman Saha and Gill gave GT, hitting 62 runs in the Powerplay.
Gill managed 39 off 20 balls, but his wicket via a brilliant stumping by MS Dhoni, gave way to Sudharsan.
After a long rain interruption, the match restarted at 12:10 with a revised target of 171 in 15 overs. CSK openers Ruturaj Gaikwad and Devon Conway made the most of the conditions with an opening wicket partnership of 74 runs before Gaikwad was caught by Rashid Khan off Noor Ahmad's bowling, scoring 26 runs in 16 balls.
Conway was the main aggressor and managed 47 off 25 balls before Noor struck again as the New Zealander holed the ball straight to Mohit Sharma. Then coming to the party was Shivam Dube (32* off 21) and Ajinkya Rahane (27 off 13). The duo had a very important partnership of 39 runs from 23 balls which took CSK closer to the target.
After Rahane's wicket, Ambati Rayudu (19 off 8) took over as MS Dhoni was caught out for a Golden Duck. Many thought it was game over for CSK but Sir Ravindra Jadeja (15 off 6) had other plans. He hit a six and a four in the final two balls of the match to seal Chennai Super Kings' fifth IPL trophy.
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