Indian Premier League (IPL) four-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) secured an important win over the Sunrisers Hyderabad, beating them by seven wickets at the Chepauk Stadium on Friday, April 22. After the match, there was a very cute moment between the captain of CSK, MS Dhoni, and SRH pacer T Natarajan.
T Natarajan took his young daughter to meet the legendary former India skipper, and the young girl, who might not yet know how big a household name Dhoni is in this country, chose to pull her hands back instead of giving him a hi-five!
In the video, Dhoni tried his best to talk to Natarajan's daughter but she refused to engage with the legend of the game, even after Dhoni told her about his young daughter Ziva! It was a very cute moment that was captured by the CSK social media team after CSK's victory over SRH.
MATCH RECAP:
It was a dominating win for CSK, despite Openers Harry Brook (18) and Abhishek Sharma (34) setting up a 35-run partnership at the top, before a 36-run stand for the second wicket between Sharma and Rahul Tripathi (21). But the SRH batters struggled against the CSK spinners and eventually, the wickets fell like a pack of cards.
Jadeja, along with Maheesh Theekshana (1/27), put a stranglehold on the SRH batting unit after Dhoni asked the spinners to take over from overs 7 to 15. The veteran Indian all-rounder took the important wickets of Abhishek Sharma, Rahul Tripathi, and Mayank Agarwal, while Theekshana was economical in his bowling in addition to the scalp of skipper Markram. The SRH batters found it tough to get any boundaries after 10.3 overs as the spinners maintained their dominance.
With the bat, Devon Conway accosted for most of the runs with his third straight half-century of the tournament. He was ably supported by Ruturaj Gaikwad, who also scored a half-century before being run out. Conway remained unbeaten as Ajinkya Rahane (9) and Ambati Rayudu (9) helped the four-time champions seal an emphatic victory.
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