Watch: Virat Kohli's Epic Reaction As Dinesh Karthik Explains MS Dhoni's Big Role In RCB's Win

19.05.2024 - 06:53 sports.ndtv.com

The 'finisher' MS Dhoni couldn't deliver with the bat as Royal Challengers Bengaluru came up against Chennai Super Kings in the virtual knockout match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 on Saturday.

Dhoni, up against RCB's Yash Dayal, needed to help CSK get 17 runs from the last over. The veteran wicket-keeper batter started on the brightest note possible, hitting the first ball of the 20th over for a six, leaving just 11 runs to be scored from the final 5 balls.

However, Dhoni's six did more damage to CSK than RCB, as revealed by Dinesh Karthik after the conclusion of the match. Karthik, in a video shared by RCB on social media, explained that Dhoni's humungous six resulted in the ball getting lost, prompting the officials to hand the Bengaluru side a new one. "MS Dhoni hitting that 110M six outside the Chinnaswamy was the best thing that happened, it gave us a new ball which helped us," Karthik said in the video.

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