Dubai: Despite the defeat of Chennai Super Kings Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s innings in the last over of the match made headlines.
Dhoni, who batted at number 7, could not win his team to victory, but in made a memorable day all its fans by three consecutive sixes off Tom Curren’s third, fourth and fifth balls. Dhoni hit a sixer during the sixes ‘hat-trick’ that went out of the stadium and fell on the road at Sharjah. Fans were stunned to see Dhoni’s 92 meter six coming out of the stadium in long on direction.
The camera followed Dhoni’s enchanting sixes, which fell on the road amidst traffic. Meanwhile, a man was caught on camera, who lifted the ball from the middle road. He carried the ball with a smile on his face.
The famous Sharjah Cricket Stadium saw raining sixes and fours on Tuesday. A total of 416 runs were scored during the match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which included 33 sixes. In the fourth match of the 13th season of the IPL, the Royals made a golden start to their campaign by defeating Chennai by 16 runs between the innings.
Most sixes in an IPL match
• 33 RR vs CSK (Sharjah 2020)
• 33 RCB vs CSK (Bengaluru 2018)
• 31 CSK vs KKR (Chennai 2018)
• 31 KIXP vs KKR (Indore 2018)
• 31 DD vs GL (Delhi 2017)
When Dhoni came to the crease, Chennai needed 103 runs off 38 balls. He certainly showed his form by hitting three consecutive sixes in the last over of Tom Curren’s innings.