The history of IPL is known for its thrilling and exciting matches. Over the 12 years of IPL, there have been several matches where fans were left biting their nails. We are going to tell you about one such match filled with excitement. When Chennai Super Kings’ captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took on Virat Kohli’s RCB team, Dhoni attacked RCB’s fast bowler Umesh Yadav, scoring 24 runs in one over. However, CSK lost this thrilling match by just one run.
In 2019, the 39th match of the IPL season was being played between CSK and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. Chennai’s captain Dhoni won the toss and decided to bowl first. RCB’s team opener and wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel played a brilliant innings of 53 runs off 37 balls, supported by 2 fours and 4 sixes, and on the strength of his excellent performance, the team managed to make a fighting score of 161 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs.
The start of the Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) innings, led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has been poor in pursuit of their target, and they lost wickets of in-form batsmen such as Shane Watson, Faf du Plessis, and Suresh Raina within just 17 runs. However, responsibility fell on Dhoni to lift the team from their sluggish start and lead them to victory, which he accomplished with his excellent batting. Dhoni’s brilliant batting helped take the match to the final over, where CSK needed 26 runs to win.
On the other hand, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli stopped his fast bowler Umesh Yadav, who took two wickets in the match, from continuing his bowling spell. Everyone thought that RCB would easily win the match, but as soon as Umesh Yadav threw his first ball and Dhoni hit it for a four, CSK’s hopes were rekindled. Now, with 22 runs needed in 5 balls, CSK’s fate rested on Dhoni’s shoulders.
Although RCB was still in the game, Dhoni hit a six off Umesh Yadav’s second ball, sending it 111 meters away from the ground towards Chinnaswamy’s outer stadium. This was Dhoni’s longest six of the season. With pressure now on RCB, Dhoni was ready to score 16 runs off the remaining 4 balls, and he hit a six off Umesh Yadav’s third ball, sending it over the head of RCB’s AB de Villiers standing at long-off for a maximum. Dhoni scored 10 runs off the next three balls, taking CSK to close the victory.
Dhoni played a smart shot on Umesh Yadav’s fourth delivery and took two runs. Now, Chennai needed 8 runs in 2 deliveries to win. Umesh Yadav tried to york the fifth ball with all his might, but it turned into a full toss, which Mahi sent deep square leg for a six. Everyone knew that Dhoni’s team would easily win the match, but Umesh Yadav put his mind to the last ball and pitched the ball outside the off stump, causing Dhoni to miss the shot and the team had to run for a run.
On the other hand, RCB’s wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel ran out Shardul Thakur from CSK and led his team to a thrilling victory by just one run. In this way, Umesh Yadav’s final over yielded 24 runs. Dhoni scored 84 runs with 7 sixes and 5 fours off 48 deliveries in this match, and this innings also remained his best IPL innings.